New Moon
New MoonImage credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.(large image)

New Moon in Cancer

New Moon on . The illuminated surface of the Moon is 0%. Lunar cycle is 1 day young.

* The exact date and time of this New Moon phase is on 13 July 2037 at 02:32 UTC.

Moonrise and moonset

The moon rises at sunrise and sets at sunset. It's part facing the Earth is completely in shadow.

Moon phases on nearby dates

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Upcoming main moon phases

Main moon phases of the following lunar cycle.

Moon phase and lunation details

Moon in ♋ Cancer

Moon is passing about ∠12° of ♋ Cancer tropical zodiac sector.

Buck Moon after 14 days

Next Full Moon is the Buck Moon of July 2037 after 14 days on 27 July 2037 at 04:15.

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.

Apparent angular diameter

Lunar disc is not visible from Earth. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1909" and ∠1888".

New lunation 463 / 1416

At 17:10 on this date the Moon completes the old and enters a new synodic month with lunation 463 of Meeus index or lunation 1416 from Brown series.

Synodic month length 29.39 days

The length of the lunation is 29 days, 9 hours and 22 minutes. It is 1 hour and 12 minutes longer than the next lunation's length. The lengths of the following synodic months are going to decrease with the lunar orbit true anomaly getting closer to the value it has at the point of New Moon at perigee (∠0° or ∠360°).

Lunation length shorter than mean

The length of the current synodic month is 3 hours and 23 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 2 hours and 47 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.

Lunar orbit details for

True anomaly ∠292.3°

The true anomaly of the Moon orbit is ∠292.3° and at the beginning of the next lunar synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠318.7°.

Moon before perigee

8 days since point of apogee on 3 July 2037 at 19:50 in ♓ Pisces the lunar orbit is getting narrow while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 3 days until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 15 July 2037 at 16:48 in ♌ Leo.

Distance to Moon 375 389 km

The Moon is 375 389 km (233 256 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 3 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 364 330 km (226 384 mi).

Moon before ascending node

13 days after descending node on 29 June 2037 at 10:01 in ♑ Capricorn the Moon is positioned south of the ecliptic over the following day until the lunar crosses the ecliptic again from South to North in ascending node on 13 July 2037 at 15:35 in ♋ Cancer.

Moon at northern standstill

At 10:57 the Moon is meeting its standstill point to reach North declination of ∠21.362°. Over the upcoming 12 days the lunar orbit is going to tilt southward to face maximum declination of ∠-21.355° at the point of next southern standstill in ♑ Capricorn on 25 July 2037 at 08:44.

Draconic month

26 days since the beginning of this draconic month in ♋ Cancer the Moon is navigating from the second to the final part of the lunar cycle.

Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy

The Moon is in a New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and thus forming Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy alignment.

Lunar calendar

Sources and credits

Parts of this Lunar Calendar are based on Planetary Ephemeris Data Courtesy of Fred Espenak, www.Astropixels.com

Moon phase image credit to NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio, svs.gsfc.nasa.gov