New Moon
New MoonImage credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.(large image)

New Moon in Cancer

New Moon on . The illuminated surface of the Moon is 0%. Lunar cycle is 1 day young.

* The exact date and time of this New Moon phase is on 4 July 2046 at 01:39 UTC.

Moonrise and moonset

The moon rises at sunrise and sets at sunset. It's part facing the Earth is completely in shadow.

Moon phases on nearby dates

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Upcoming main moon phases

Main moon phases of the following lunar cycle.

Moon phase and lunation details

Moon is entering ♋ Cancer

Moon is passing first ∠4° of ♋ Cancer tropical zodiac sector.

Buck Moon after 14 days

Next Full Moon is the Buck Moon of July 2046 after 14 days on 18 July 2046 at 00:55.

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.

Apparent angular diameter

Lunar disc is not visible from Earth. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1886" and ∠1887".

New lunation 574 / 1527

At 15:22 on this date the Moon completes the old and enters a new synodic month with lunation 574 of Meeus index or lunation 1527 from Brown series.

Synodic month length 29.43 days

The length of the lunation is 29 days, 10 hours and 16 minutes. It is 1 hour and 29 minutes longer than the next lunation's length. The lengths of the following synodic months are going to decrease with the lunar orbit 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 details for

True anomaly ∠274°

The true anomaly of the Moon orbit is ∠274° and at the beginning of the next lunar synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠304.9°.

Moon before perigee

7 days since point of apogee on 25 June 2046 at 16:40 in ♓ Pisces the lunar orbit is getting narrow while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 4 days until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 7 July 2046 at 18:06 in ♌ Leo.

Distance to Moon 379 985 km

The Moon is 379 985 km (236 112 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 4 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 367 114 km (228 114 mi).

Moon before descending node

12 days after ascending node on 21 June 2046 at 10:29 in ♒ Aquarius the Moon is positioned north of the ecliptic over the following 2 days until the lunar crosses the ecliptic again from North to South in descending node on 5 July 2046 at 15:30 in ♋ Cancer.

Moon after northern standstill

1 day since the last northern standstill on 2 July 2046 at 13:24 in ♊ Gemini when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠26.701° the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 11 days to face maximum declination of ∠-26.722° at the point of next southern standstill on 15 July 2046 at 09:24 in ♐ Sagittarius.

Draconic month

12 days since the beginning of this draconic month in ♒ Aquarius the Moon is navigating from the beginning to the first part of the lunar cycle.

Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy

The Moon is in a New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and thus forming Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy alignment.

Lunar calendar

Sources and credits

Parts of this Lunar Calendar are based on Planetary Ephemeris Data Courtesy of Fred Espenak, www.Astropixels.com

Moon phase image credit to NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio, svs.gsfc.nasa.gov