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Moon ♌ Leo
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 ♋ Cancer.
* The exact date and time of this New Moon phase is on 22 July 2047 at 22:49 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 ♋ Cancer
Moon is passing about ∠24° of ♋ Cancer tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter
Lunar disc is not visible from Earth. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1845" and ∠1889".
Sturgeon Moon after 14 days
Next Full Moon is the Sturgeon Moon of August 2047 after 14 days on 5 August 2047 at 20:38.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Libra ♎ on 29 July 2047 at 22:03
- Full Moon in Aquarius ♒ on 5 August 2047 at 20:38
- Last Quarter in Taurus ♉ on 13 August 2047 at 17:34
- New Moon in Leo ♌ on 21 August 2047 at 09:16
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 588 / 1541
At 22:49 on this date the Moon completes the old and enters a new synodic month with lunation 588 of Meeus index or 1541 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.44 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 10 hours and 27 minutes. It is 1 hour 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 shorter than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 2 hours and 17 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 3 hours and 52 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠274.9°
The true anomaly is ∠274.9°. At the beginning of the next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠306.1°.
Moon after apogee
6 days after point of apogee on 16 July 2047 at 03:57 in ♉ Taurus. 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 30 July 2047 at 09:01 in ♏ Scorpio.
Distance to Moon 388 396 km
The Moon is 388 396 km (241 338 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 7 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 369 644 km (229 686 mi).
Moon after descending node
1 day after descending node on 21 July 2047 at 20:52 in ♋ Cancer. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following 12 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 3 August 2047 at 19:59 in ♑ Capricorn.
Draconic month
15 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♑ Capricorn, the Moon is navigating from the second to the final part of the cycle.
Moon after northern standstill
2 days since the previous standstill on 19 July 2047 at 18:19 in ♊ Gemini when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠25.339°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 10 days to face maximum declination of ∠-25.317° at the point of next southern standstill on 1 August 2047 at 22:27 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy
The Moon is in a New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and thus forming Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy alignment.
