New
Moon ♌ Leo
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 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.
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 ♌ 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
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 12 hours and 26 minutes. It is 1 hour and 5 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 18 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 5 hours and 51 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠240.4°
The true anomaly is ∠240.4°. At the beginning of the next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠276°.
Moon after apogee
4 days after point of apogee on 4 August 2048 at 17:05 in ♊ Gemini. The lunar orbit is getting narrow, while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 11 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 20 August 2048 at 12:34 in ♑ Capricorn.
Distance to Moon 396 102 km
The Moon is 396 102 km (246 126 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 11 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 366 147 km (227 513 mi).
Moon after descending node
3 days after descending node on 5 August 2048 at 13:07 in ♊ Gemini. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following 9 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 19 August 2048 at 04:55 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Draconic month
17 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♐ Sagittarius, the Moon is navigating from the second to the final part of the cycle.
Moon after northern standstill
4 days since the previous standstill on 4 August 2048 at 20:01 in ♊ Gemini when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠23.656°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 9 days to face maximum declination of ∠-23.557° at the point of next southern standstill on 18 August 2048 at 16:40 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.
