New
Moon ♈ Aries
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 ♈ Aries.
* The exact date and time of this New Moon phase is on 24 March 2039 at 17:59 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 ♈ Aries
Moon is passing first ∠1° of ♈ Aries tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter
Lunar disc is not visible from Earth. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1817" and ∠1924".
Pink Moon after 15 days
Next Full Moon is the Pink Moon of April 2039 after 15 days on 9 April 2039 at 02:53.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Cancer ♋ on 1 April 2039 at 21:55
- Full Moon in Libra ♎ on 9 April 2039 at 02:53
- Last Quarter in Capricorn ♑ on 15 April 2039 at 18:07
- New Moon in Taurus ♉ on 23 April 2039 at 09:35
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 485 / 1438
At 17:59 on this date the Moon completes the old and enters a new synodic month with lunation 485 of Meeus index or 1438 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.65 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 15 hours and 35 minutes. It is 28 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 2 hours and 51 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 4 hours and 12 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠120.7°
The true anomaly is ∠120.7°. At the beginning of the next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠151.8°.
Moon before perigee
10 days after point of perigee on 13 March 2039 at 18:38 in ♎ Libra. 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 29 March 2039 at 17:29 in ♉ Taurus.
Distance to Moon 394 487 km
The Moon is 394 487 km (245 123 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next 5 days until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 405 124 km (251 732 mi).
Moon before ascending node
7 days after descending node on 17 March 2039 at 10:05 in ♐ Sagittarius. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following 6 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 31 March 2039 at 11:40 in ♊ Gemini.
Draconic month
20 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♊ Gemini, the Moon is navigating from the second to the final part of the cycle.
Moon after southern standstill
6 days since the previous standstill on 18 March 2039 at 11:25 in ♑ Capricorn when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-24.232°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 8 days to face maximum declination of ∠24.377° at the point of next northern standstill on 1 April 2039 at 20:16 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.
