New
Moon* ♉ Taurus
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 20 April 2042 at 02:19 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 ♈ Aries
Moon is passing about ∠21° of ♈ Aries tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter
Lunar disc is not visible from Earth. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1969" and ∠1910".
Flower Moon after 15 days
Next Full Moon is the Flower Moon of May 2042 after 15 days on 5 May 2042 at 06:48.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Taurus ♉ on 20 April 2042 at 02:19
- First Quarter in Leo ♌ on 27 April 2042 at 02:19
- Full Moon in Scorpio ♏ on 5 May 2042 at 06:48
- Last Quarter in Aquarius ♒ on 12 May 2042 at 19:18
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.
Synodic month length 29.37 days
29 days, 8 hours and 56 minutes is the length of new lunation 522. It is 20 minutes longer than next lunation 523 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 3 hours and 48 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 2 hours and 21 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠359.8°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠359.8°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠15.5°. 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 in perigee
Moon is reaching point of perigee on this date at 04:27, this is 14 days after last apogee on 4 April 2042 at 05:51 in ♍ Virgo. Lunar orbit is starting to get wider, while the Moon is moving outward the Earth for 12 days ahead, until it will get to the point of next apogee on 1 May 2042 at 15:06 in ♍ Virgo.
Distance to Moon 358 558 km
This perigee Moon is 358 558 km (222 798 mi) away from Earth. It is 3 950 km closer than the mean perigee distance, but it is still 11 798 km farther than the closest perigee of 21st century.
Moon in ascending node
Moon is in ascending node in ♈ Aries at 21:10 on this date, it crosses the ecliptic from South to North. Moon will follow the northern part of its orbit for the next 14 days to meet descending node on 3 May 2042 at 18:54 in ♎ Libra.
New draconic month
At 21:10 on this date the Moon is completing its previous draconic month and is entering the new one.
Moon before northern standstill
7 days after previous South standstill on 12 April 2042 at 00:33 in ♑ Capricorn, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-28.222°. Next 5 days the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠28.217° in the next northern standstill on 24 April 2042 at 14:03 in ♊ Gemini.
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.