New
Moon ♒ Aquarius
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 1 day young Moon is in ♒ Aquarius.
* The exact date and time of this New Moon phase is on 9 February 2043 at 21:07 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 ♒ Aquarius
Moon is passing about ∠16° of ♒ Aquarius tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter
Lunar disc is not visible from Earth. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1885" and ∠1945".
Snow Moon after 14 days
Next Full Moon is the Snow Moon of February 2043 after 14 days on 23 February 2043 at 21:58.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Taurus ♉ on 16 February 2043 at 17:00
- Full Moon in Leo ♌ on 23 February 2043 at 21:58
- Last Quarter in Sagittarius ♐ on 4 March 2043 at 01:07
- New Moon in Pisces ♓ on 11 March 2043 at 09:09
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 533 / 1486
At 21:07 on this date the Moon completes the old and enters a new synodic month with lunation 533 of Meeus index or 1486 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.5 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 12 hours and 2 minutes. It is 2 hours and 5 minutes longer than the next lunation's length. The lengths of the following synodic months are going to decreasing with the true anomaly getting closer to the value it has at the point of New Moon at perigee (∠0° or ∠360°).
Lunation length shorter than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 42 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 5 hours and 27 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠303°
The true anomaly is ∠303°. At the beginning of the next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠327.1°.
Moon before apogee
7 days after point of apogee on 1 February 2043 at 17:22 in ♏ Scorpio. The lunar orbit is getting narrow, while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 4 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 13 February 2043 at 17:40 in ♈ Aries.
Distance to Moon 380 309 km
The Moon is 380 309 km (236 313 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 4 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 367 963 km (228 642 mi).
Moon before ascending node
10 days after descending node on 30 January 2043 at 09:53 in ♎ Libra. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following 3 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 13 February 2043 at 07:12 in ♈ Aries.
Draconic month
23 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♈ Aries, the Moon is navigating from the second to the final part of the cycle.
Moon after southern standstill
3 days since the previous standstill on 6 February 2043 at 04:21 in ♑ Capricorn when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-28.451°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 9 days to face maximum declination of ∠28.529° at the point of next northern standstill on 19 February 2043 at 03:26 in ♋ Cancer.
Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy
The Moon is in a New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and thus forming Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy alignment.
