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Moon phase on 21 March 2042 Friday is New Moon, 1 day young Moon is in Pisces.

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Lunar calendar 2042 | March 2042

New Moon phase
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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 ♓ Pisces.

* The exact date and time of this New Moon phase is on 21 March 2042 at 17:23 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 ♓ Pisces

Moon is leaving the last ∠2° of ♓ Pisces tropical zodiac sector and will enter ♈ Aries later.

Apparent angular diameter

Lunar disc is not visible from Earth. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1973" and ∠1926".

Pink Moon after 15 days

Next Full Moon is the Pink Moon of April 2042 after 15 days on 5 April 2042 at 14:16.

Upcoming main Moon phases

  • First Quarter in Cancer ♋ on 28 March 2042 at 12:00
  • Full Moon in Libra ♎ on 5 April 2042 at 14:16
  • Last Quarter in Capricorn ♑ on 13 April 2042 at 11:09
  • New Moon in Taurus ♉ on 20 April 2042 at 02:19

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 522 / 1475

At 17:23 on this date the Moon completes the old and enters a new synodic month with lunation 522 of Meeus index or 1475 from Brown series.

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Synodic month length 29.37 days

The length of the lunation is 29 days, 8 hours and 56 minutes. It is 20 minutes longer 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 shorter than mean

The length of the current synodic month is 3 hours and 48 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 2 hours and 21 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.

Lunar orbit position on

True anomaly ∠359.8°

The true anomaly is ∠359.8°. At the beginning of the next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠15.5°.

Moon at perigee

Moon is at perigee at 17:40. It is 13 days after previous apogee on 8 March 2042 at 05:04 in ♎ Libra. Lunar orbit is going to widen while the Moon is moving away from the Earth over the next 13 days, until point of next apogee on 4 April 2042 at 05:51 in ♍ Virgo.

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Distance to Moon 356 943 km

This perigee Moon is 356 943 km (221 794 mi) away from Earth. This is the year's closest perigee of 2042. It is 5 565 km closer than the mean perigee distance, but it is still 518 km further than the closest perigee of 21st century.

Moon before ascending node

11 days after descending node on 10 March 2042 at 07:08 in ♎ Libra. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following day, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 23 March 2042 at 10:11 in ♈ Aries.

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Draconic month

25 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♈ Aries, the Moon is navigating from the second to the final part of the cycle.

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Moon after southern standstill

5 days since the previous standstill on 15 March 2042 at 17:54 in ♐ Sagittarius when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-28.137°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 6 days to face maximum declination of ∠28.188° at the point of next northern standstill on 28 March 2042 at 05:49 in ♋ Cancer.

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Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy

The Moon is in a New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and thus forming Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy alignment.

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