Waxing
Crescent ♈ Aries
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 ∠19° of ♓ Pisces tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter
Lunar disc is not visible from Earth. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1866" and ∠1936".
Worm Moon after 13 days
Next Full Moon is the Worm Moon of March 2044 after 13 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
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 13 hours and 14 minutes. It is 2 hours and 58 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 30 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 6 hours and 33 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠272.5°
The true anomaly is ∠272.5°. At the beginning of the next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠304.8°.
Moon after apogee
7 days after point of apogee on 22 February 2044 at 05:18 in ♐ Sagittarius. The lunar orbit is getting narrow, while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 7 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 7 March 2044 at 20:36 in ♊ Gemini.
Distance to Moon 384 078 km
The Moon is 384 078 km (238 655 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 7 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 369 930 km (229 864 mi).
Moon in ascending node
Moon is in ascending node in ♓ Pisces at 14:57 crossing the ecliptic from South to North to meet descending node 13 days later on 13 March 2044 at 13:10 in ♍ Virgo.
New draconic month
At 14:57 the Moon completes the previous draconic month and enters the new one.
Moon after southern standstill
6 days since the previous standstill on 23 February 2044 at 02:17 in ♐ Sagittarius when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-28.625°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 7 days to face maximum declination of ∠28.650° at the point of next northern standstill on 7 March 2044 at 16:53 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.
