Waxing
Crescent ♒ 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 less than 1 day young Moon is in ♒ Aquarius.
* The exact date and time of this New Moon phase is on 30 January 2044 at 04:04 UTC.
Moon phases for next 7 days
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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 ∠14° of ♒ Aquarius tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter
Lunar disc is not visible from Earth. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1814" and ∠1948".
Snow Moon after 13 days
Next Full Moon is the Snow Moon of February 2044 after 13 days on 13 February 2044 at 06:42.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Taurus ♉ on 6 February 2044 at 13:46
- Full Moon in Leo ♌ on 13 February 2044 at 06:42
- Last Quarter in Scorpio ♏ on 20 February 2044 at 20:20
- New Moon in Pisces ♓ on 28 February 2044 at 20:12
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 545 / 1498
At 04:04 on this date the Moon completes the old and enters a new synodic month with lunation 545 of Meeus index or 1498 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.67 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 16 hours and 8 minutes. It is 2 hours and 54 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 longer than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 3 hours and 24 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 3 hours and 39 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠235.6°
The true anomaly is ∠235.6°. At the beginning of the next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠272.5°.
Moon after apogee
5 days after point of apogee on 25 January 2044 at 09:32 in ♐ Sagittarius. The lunar orbit is getting narrow, while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 10 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 10 February 2044 at 10:42 in ♋ Cancer.
Distance to Moon 395 237 km
The Moon is 395 237 km (245 589 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 10 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 365 312 km (226 994 mi).
Moon before ascending node
11 days after descending node on 18 January 2044 at 19:49 in ♍ Virgo. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following 2 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 2 February 2044 at 08:49 in ♓ Pisces.
Draconic month
24 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♓ Pisces, 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 26 January 2044 at 18:54 in ♐ Sagittarius when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-28.503°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 9 days to face maximum declination of ∠28.576° at the point of next northern standstill on 9 February 2044 at 10:49 in ♊ Gemini.
Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy
The Moon is in a New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and thus forming Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy alignment.
