New
Moon* ♍ Virgo
Moon phase for
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New Moon
New Moon is the lunar phase on . Surface of the Moon disc is not illuminated. The 1 day young Moon is in ♍ Virgo.
* The exact date and time of this New Moon phase is on 20 September 2036 at 01:51 UTC.
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Moon phase and lunation details
Moonrise and moonset
Moon rises at sunrise and sets at sunset. It's part facing the Earth is completely in shadow.
Moon in ♍ Virgo
Moon is passing about ∠19° of ♍ Virgo tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter
Lunar disc is not visible from Earth. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1957" and ∠1911".
Hunter Moon after 15 days
Next Full Moon is the Hunter Moon of October 2036 after 15 days on 5 October 2036 at 10:15.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Virgo ♍ on 20 September 2036 at 01:51
- First Quarter in Capricorn ♑ on 27 September 2036 at 06:12
- Full Moon in Aries ♈ on 5 October 2036 at 10:15
- Last Quarter in Cancer ♋ on 12 October 2036 at 18:09
Spring tide
There is high New Moon ocean tide on this date. Combined Sun and Moon gravitational tidal force working on Earth is strong, because of the Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy alignment.
New lunation 453 / 1406
At 17:35 on this date the Moon completes the old and enters a new synodic month with lunation 453 of Meeus index or 1406 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.34 days
29 days, 8 hours and 16 minutes is the length of new lunation 453. It is 1 hour and 42 minutes shorter than next lunation 454 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 4 hours and 28 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 1 hour and 41 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠9.3°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠9.3°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠25.8°. The length of upcoming synodic months will keep increasing since the true anomaly gets closer to the value of New Moon at point of apogee (∠180°).
Moon after perigee
1 day after point of perigee on 18 September 2036 at 12:38 in ♍ Virgo. The lunar orbit is getting wider, while the Moon is moving outward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 11 days, until it get to the point of next apogee on 30 September 2036 at 13:16 in ♒ Aquarius.
Distance to Moon 366 229 km
Moon is 366 229 km (227 564 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves farther next 11 days until apogee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 404 995 km (251 652 mi).
Moon after ascending node
2 days after its ascending node on 17 September 2036 at 07:43 in ♌ Leo, the Moon is following the northern part of its orbit for the next 11 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from North to South in descending node on 30 September 2036 at 17:36 in ♒ Aquarius.
Draconic month
2 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♌ Leo, the Moon is moving from the beginning to the first part of it.
Moon after northern standstill
4 days after previous North standstill on 14 September 2036 at 18:44 in ♋ Cancer, when Moon has reached northern declination of ∠19.957°. Next 8 days the lunar orbit moves southward to face South declination of ∠-20.031° in the next southern standstill on 27 September 2036 at 16:26 in ♑ Capricorn.
Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy
The Moon is in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun on this date and this alignment forms Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.