New
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 ♌ Leo.
* The exact date and time of this New Moon phase is on 9 August 2048 at 17:59 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 ♌ Leo
Moon is passing about ∠15° of ♌ Leo tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter
Lunar disc is not visible from Earth. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1810" and ∠1893".
Sturgeon Moon after 14 days
Next Full Moon is the Sturgeon Moon of August 2048 after 14 days on 23 August 2048 at 18:07.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Sagittarius ♐ on 17 August 2048 at 00:32
- Full Moon in Aquarius ♒ on 23 August 2048 at 18:07
- Last Quarter in Gemini ♊ on 31 August 2048 at 07:42
- New Moon in Virgo ♍ on 8 September 2048 at 06:24
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 601 / 1554
At 17:59 on this date the Moon completes the old and enters a new synodic month with lunation 601 of Meeus index or 1554 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.52 days
29 days, 12 hours and 26 minutes is the length of new lunation 601. It is 1 hour and 5 minutes longer than next lunation 602 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 18 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 5 hours and 51 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠240.4°
This lunation true anomaly is ∠240.4°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠276°. The length of upcoming synodic months will keep decreasing since the true anomaly gets closer to the value of New Moon at point of perigee (∠0° or ∠360°).
Moon after apogee
4 days after point of apogee on 4 August 2048 at 17:05 in ♊ Gemini. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 11 days, until it get to the point of next perigee on 20 August 2048 at 12:34 in ♑ Capricorn.
Distance to Moon 396 102 km
Moon is 396 102 km (246 126 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next 11 days until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 366 147 km (227 513 mi).
Moon after descending node
3 days after its descending node on 5 August 2048 at 13:07 in ♊ Gemini, the Moon is following the southern part of its orbit for the next 9 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from South to North in ascending node on 19 August 2048 at 04:55 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Draconic month
17 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♐ Sagittarius, the Moon is moving from the second to the final part of it.
Moon after northern standstill
4 days after previous North standstill on 4 August 2048 at 20:01 in ♊ Gemini, when Moon has reached northern declination of ∠23.656°. Next 9 days the lunar orbit moves southward to face South declination of ∠-23.557° in the next southern standstill on 18 August 2048 at 16:40 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy
The Moon is in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun on this date and this alignment forms Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.