Waxing
Crescent ♎ Libra
Moon phase for
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 less than 1 day young Moon is in ♍ Virgo.
* The exact date and time of this New Moon phase is on 14 September 2042 at 08:50 UTC.
Moon phases for next 7 days
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Wednesday Wed
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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 ♍ Virgo
Moon is passing about ∠23° of ♍ Virgo tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter
Lunar disc is not visible from Earth. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1779" and ∠1908".
Harvest Moon after 14 days
Next Full Moon is the Harvest Moon of September 2042 after 14 days on 29 September 2042 at 10:34.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Sagittarius ♐ on 22 September 2042 at 13:20
- Full Moon in Aries ♈ on 29 September 2042 at 10:34
- Last Quarter in Cancer ♋ on 6 October 2042 at 02:35
- New Moon in Libra ♎ on 14 October 2042 at 02:03
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 528 / 1481
At 08:50 on this date the Moon completes the old and enters a new synodic month with lunation 528 of Meeus index or 1481 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.72 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 17 hours and 13 minutes. It is 1 hour and 12 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 4 hours and 29 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 2 hours and 34 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠152.7°
The true anomaly is ∠152.7°. At the beginning of the next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠177.1°.
Moon before perigee
12 days after point of perigee on 1 September 2042 at 15:49 in ♓ Pisces. The lunar orbit is getting widen, while the Moon is moving away from the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 2 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on 17 September 2042 at 04:21 in ♎ Libra.
Distance to Moon 402 909 km
The Moon is 402 909 km (250 356 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next 2 days until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 406 154 km (252 372 mi).
Moon before descending node
11 days after ascending node on 2 September 2042 at 19:23 in ♈ Aries. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following 2 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 16 September 2042 at 13:51 in ♎ Libra.
Draconic month
11 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♈ Aries, the Moon is navigating from the beginning to the first part of the cycle.
Moon after northern standstill
6 days since the previous standstill on 8 September 2042 at 03:00 in ♋ Cancer when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠28.396°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 8 days to face maximum declination of ∠-28.465° at the point of next southern standstill on 22 September 2042 at 20:02 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy
The Moon is in a New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and thus forming Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy alignment.
