Waxing
Crescent ♈ Aries
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 ♈ Aries.
* The exact date and time of this New Moon phase is on 29 March 2044 at 09:26 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 ♈ Aries
Moon is passing about ∠11° of ♈ Aries tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter
Lunar disc is not visible from Earth. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1900" and ∠1921".
Pink Moon after 13 days
Next Full Moon is the Pink Moon of April 2044 after 13 days on 12 April 2044 at 09:39.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Cancer ♋ on 5 April 2044 at 03:45
- Full Moon in Libra ♎ on 12 April 2044 at 09:39
- Last Quarter in Aquarius ♒ on 20 April 2044 at 11:48
- New Moon in Taurus ♉ on 27 April 2044 at 19:42
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 547 / 1500
At 09:26 on this date the Moon completes the old and enters a new synodic month with lunation 547 of Meeus index or 1500 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.43 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 10 hours and 16 minutes. It is 2 hours and 19 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 2 hours and 28 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 3 hours and 41 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠304.8°
The true anomaly is ∠304.8°. At the beginning of the next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠328.1°.
Moon before apogee
8 days after point of apogee on 21 March 2044 at 01:56 in ♐ Sagittarius. The lunar orbit is getting narrow, while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 3 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 2 April 2044 at 02:16 in ♊ Gemini.
Distance to Moon 377 160 km
The Moon is 377 160 km (234 356 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 3 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 367 395 km (228 289 mi).
Moon after ascending node
1 day after ascending node on 27 March 2044 at 23:51 in ♓ Pisces. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following 11 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 9 April 2044 at 20:15 in ♍ Virgo.
Draconic month
1 day since the beginning of current draconic month in ♓ Pisces, the Moon is navigating from the beginning to the first part of the cycle.
Moon before northern standstill
8 days since the previous standstill on 21 March 2044 at 10:24 in ♐ Sagittarius when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-28.641°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 5 days to face maximum declination of ∠28.596° at the point of next northern standstill on 3 April 2044 at 22:19 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.
