New
Moon ♓ Pisces
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 ♓ Pisces.
* The exact date and time of this New Moon phase is on 28 February 2044 at 20:12 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 passing about ∠5° of ♓ Pisces tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter
Lunar disc is not visible from Earth. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1843" and ∠1937".
Worm Moon after 14 days
Next Full Moon is the Worm Moon of March 2044 after 14 days on 13 March 2044 at 19:41.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Gemini ♊ on 6 March 2044 at 21:17
- Full Moon in Virgo ♍ on 13 March 2044 at 19:41
- Last Quarter in Sagittarius ♐ on 21 March 2044 at 16:52
- New Moon in Aries ♈ on 29 March 2044 at 09:26
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 546 / 1499
At 20:12 on this date the Moon completes the old and enters a new synodic month with lunation 546 of Meeus index or 1499 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.55 days
29 days, 13 hours and 14 minutes is the length of new lunation 546. It is 2 hours and 58 minutes longer than next lunation 547 length.
Lunation length longer than mean
Length of current synodic month is 30 minutes longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 6 hours and 33 minutes shorter, compared to 21st century longest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠272.5°
This lunation true anomaly is ∠272.5°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠304.8°. The length of upcoming synodic months will keep decreasing since the true anomaly gets closer to the value of New Moon at point of perigee (∠0° or ∠360°).
Moon after apogee
6 days after point of apogee on 22 February 2044 at 05:18 in ♐ Sagittarius. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 8 days, until it get to the point of next perigee on 7 March 2044 at 20:36 in ♊ Gemini.
Distance to Moon 388 838 km
Moon is 388 838 km (241 613 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next 8 days until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 369 930 km (229 864 mi).
Moon before ascending node
13 days after its descending node on 15 February 2044 at 03:48 in ♍ Virgo, the Moon is following the southern part of its orbit for the next day, until it will cross the ecliptic from South to North in ascending node on 29 February 2044 at 14:57 in ♓ Pisces.
Draconic month
26 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♓ Pisces, the Moon is moving from the second to the final part of it.
Moon after southern standstill
5 days after previous South standstill on 23 February 2044 at 02:17 in ♐ Sagittarius, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-28.625°. Next 8 days the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠28.650° in the next northern standstill on 7 March 2044 at 16:53 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.