New
Moon ♐ Sagittarius
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 ♏ Scorpio.
* The exact date and time of this New Moon phase is on 23 November 2041 at 17:36 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 ♏ Scorpio
Moon is leaving the last ∠1° of ♏ Scorpio tropical zodiac sector and will enter ♐ Sagittarius later.
Apparent angular diameter
Lunar disc is not visible from Earth. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1837" and ∠1944".
Cold Moon after 14 days
Next Full Moon is the Cold Moon of December 2041 after 14 days on 7 December 2041 at 17:42.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Pisces ♓ on 30 November 2041 at 19:49
- Full Moon in Gemini ♊ on 7 December 2041 at 17:42
- Last Quarter in Virgo ♍ on 15 December 2041 at 13:32
- New Moon in Capricorn ♑ on 23 December 2041 at 08:06
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 518 / 1471
At 17:37 on this date the Moon completes the old and enters a new synodic month with lunation 518 of Meeus index or 1471 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.6 days
29 days, 14 hours and 30 minutes is the length of new lunation 518. It is 1 hour and 54 minutes longer than next lunation 519 length.
Lunation length longer than mean
Length of current synodic month is 1 hour and 46 minutes longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 5 hours and 17 minutes shorter, compared to 21st century longest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠265.9°
This lunation true anomaly is ∠265.9°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠300.9°. 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 after apogee
6 days after point of apogee on 17 November 2041 at 10:08 in ♍ Virgo. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 9 days, until it get to the point of next perigee on 2 December 2041 at 16:20 in ♓ Pisces.
Distance to Moon 390 249 km
Moon is 390 249 km (242 489 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next 9 days until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 369 538 km (229 620 mi).
Moon after descending node
1 day after its descending node on 21 November 2041 at 17:04 in ♎ Libra, the Moon is following the southern part of its orbit for the next 11 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from South to North in ascending node on 4 December 2041 at 20:02 in ♈ Aries.
Draconic month
15 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♉ Taurus, the Moon is moving from the second to the final part of it.
Moon before southern standstill
11 days after previous North standstill on 11 November 2041 at 19:44 in ♊ Gemini, when Moon has reached northern declination of ∠27.827°. Next 2 days the lunar orbit moves southward to face South declination of ∠-27.785° in the next southern standstill on 26 November 2041 at 07:01 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.