Waxing
Crescent ♎ Libra
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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 ♎ Libra.
* The exact date and time of this New Moon phase is on 28 September 2038 at 18:57 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 is entering ♎ Libra
Moon is passing first ∠1° of ♎ Libra tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter
Lunar disc is not visible from Earth. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1952" and ∠1915".
Hunter Moon after 14 days
Next Full Moon is the Hunter Moon of October 2038 after 14 days on 13 October 2038 at 04:22.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Capricorn ♑ on 5 October 2038 at 09:52
- Full Moon in Aries ♈ on 13 October 2038 at 04:22
- Last Quarter in Cancer ♋ on 21 October 2038 at 08:23
- New Moon in Scorpio ♏ on 28 October 2038 at 03:53
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 479 / 1432
At 18:57 on this date the Moon completes the old and enters a new synodic month with lunation 479 of Meeus index or 1432 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.37 days
29 days, 8 hours and 55 minutes is the length of new lunation 479. It is 59 minutes shorter than next lunation 480 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 3 hours and 49 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 2 hours and 20 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠339.4°
This lunation true anomaly is ∠339.4°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠355.4°. The length of upcoming synodic months will keep decreasing since the true anomaly gets closer to the value of New Moon at point of perigee (∠0° or ∠360°).
Moon before perigee
10 days after point of apogee on 17 September 2038 at 19:15 in ♉ Taurus. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next day, until it get to the point of next perigee on 30 September 2038 at 00:20 in ♏ Scorpio.
Distance to Moon 367 283 km
Moon is 367 283 km (228 219 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next day until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 359 444 km (223 348 mi).
Moon after ascending node
6 days after its ascending node on 22 September 2038 at 07:26 in ♋ Cancer, the Moon is following the northern part of its orbit for the next 6 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from North to South in descending node on 4 October 2038 at 21:28 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Draconic month
6 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♋ Cancer, the Moon is moving from the beginning to the first part of it.
Moon after northern standstill
5 days after previous North standstill on 22 September 2038 at 17:24 in ♋ Cancer, when Moon has reached northern declination of ∠23.372°. Next 6 days the lunar orbit moves southward to face South declination of ∠-23.486° in the next southern standstill on 5 October 2038 at 08:40 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.