Waxing
Crescent ♓ Pisces
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 ♓ Pisces.
* The exact date and time of this New Moon phase is on 16 February 2045 at 23:51 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 ∠1786" and ∠1941".
Worm Moon after 13 days
Next Full Moon is the Worm Moon of March 2045 after 13 days on 3 March 2045 at 07:52.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Taurus ♉ on 24 February 2045 at 16:37
- Full Moon in Virgo ♍ on 3 March 2045 at 07:52
- Last Quarter in Sagittarius ♐ on 10 March 2045 at 12:50
- New Moon in Pisces ♓ on 18 March 2045 at 17:15
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 558 / 1511
At 23:51 on this date the Moon completes the old and enters a new synodic month with lunation 558 of Meeus index or 1511 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.73 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 17 hours and 24 minutes. It is 3 hours and 12 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 4 hours and 40 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 2 hours and 23 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠207.6°
The true anomaly is ∠207.6°. At the beginning of the next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠238.6°.
Moon after apogee
3 days after point of apogee on 14 February 2045 at 02:57 in ♑ Capricorn. The lunar orbit is getting narrow, while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 12 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 1 March 2045 at 18:43 in ♌ Leo.
Distance to Moon 401 415 km
The Moon is 401 415 km (249 428 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 12 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 360 563 km (224 043 mi).
Moon in ascending node
Moon is in ascending node in ♓ Pisces at 06:00 crossing the ecliptic from South to North to meet descending node 13 days later on 2 March 2045 at 13:33 in ♌ Leo.
New draconic month
At 06:00 the Moon completes the previous draconic month and enters the new one.
Moon after southern standstill
5 days since the previous standstill on 11 February 2045 at 15:40 in ♐ Sagittarius when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-28.184°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 8 days to face maximum declination of ∠28.188° at the point of next northern standstill on 26 February 2045 at 01:04 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.
