New
Moon* ♒ Aquarius
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
New Moon
New Moon is the lunar phase on . Surface of the Moon disc is not illuminated. The 1 day young Moon is in ♒ Aquarius.
* The exact date and time of this New Moon phase is on 4 February 2038 at 05:52 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 ♒ Aquarius
Moon is passing about ∠6° of ♒ Aquarius tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter
Lunar disc is not visible from Earth. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1830" and ∠1946".
Snow Moon after 16 days
Next Full Moon is the Snow Moon of February 2038 after 16 days on 19 February 2038 at 16:09.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Aquarius ♒ on 4 February 2038 at 05:52
- First Quarter in Taurus ♉ on 12 February 2038 at 09:30
- Full Moon in Leo ♌ on 19 February 2038 at 16:09
- Last Quarter in Sagittarius ♐ on 26 February 2038 at 06:56
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 470 / 1423
At 13:41 on this date the Moon completes the old and enters a new synodic month with lunation 470 of Meeus index or 1423 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.67 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 16 hours and 11 minutes. It is 1 hour and 12 minutes shorter than the next lunation's length. The lengths of the following synodic months are going to increasing with the true anomaly getting closer to the value it has at the point of New Moon at apogee (∠180°).
Lunation length longer than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 3 hours and 27 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 3 hours and 36 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠79.2°
The true anomaly is ∠79.2°. At the beginning of the next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠117.1°.
Moon before perigee
10 days after point of perigee on 24 January 2038 at 09:52 in ♍ Virgo. The lunar orbit is getting widen, while the Moon is moving away from the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 5 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on 9 February 2038 at 10:00 in ♈ Aries.
Distance to Moon 391 651 km
The Moon is 391 651 km (243 361 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next 5 days until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 405 275 km (251 826 mi).
Moon after descending node
1 day after descending node on 2 February 2038 at 05:08 in ♑ Capricorn. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following 13 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 16 February 2038 at 17:30 in ♋ Cancer.
Draconic month
14 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♋ Cancer, the Moon is navigating from the second to the final part of the cycle.
Moon after southern standstill
1 day since the previous standstill on 1 February 2038 at 15:22 in ♑ Capricorn when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-22.196°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 12 days to face maximum declination of ∠22.250° at the point of next northern standstill on 16 February 2038 at 04:53 in ♋ Cancer.
Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy
The Moon is in a New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and thus forming Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy alignment.
