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
29 days, 15 hours and 35 minutes is the length of new lunation 485. It is 28 minutes shorter than next lunation 486 length.
Lunation length longer than mean
Length of current synodic month is 2 hours and 51 minutes longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 4 hours and 12 minutes shorter, compared to 21st century longest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠120.7°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠120.7°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠151.8°. 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 before apogee
10 days after point of perigee on 13 March 2039 at 18:38 in ♎ Libra. The lunar orbit is getting wider, while the Moon is moving outward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 5 days, until it get to the point of next apogee on 29 March 2039 at 17:29 in ♉ Taurus.
Distance to Moon 394 487 km
Moon is 394 487 km (245 123 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves farther next 5 days until apogee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 405 124 km (251 732 mi).
Moon before ascending node
7 days after its descending node on 17 March 2039 at 10:05 in ♐ Sagittarius, the Moon is following the southern part of its orbit for the next 6 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from South to North in ascending node on 31 March 2039 at 11:40 in ♊ Gemini.
Draconic month
20 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♊ Gemini, the Moon is moving from the second to the final part of it.
Moon after southern standstill
6 days after previous South standstill on 18 March 2039 at 11:25 in ♑ Capricorn, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-24.232°. Next 8 days the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠24.377° in the next northern standstill on 1 April 2039 at 20:16 in ♋ Cancer.
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.