Waxing
Crescent ♎ Libra
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 ♎ Libra.
* The exact date and time of this New Moon phase is on 7 October 2048 at 17:45 UTC.
Moon phases for next 7 days
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Friday Fri
Saturday Sat
Sunday Sun
Monday Mon
Tuesday Tue
Wednesday Wed
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 ♎ Libra
Moon is passing about ∠12° of ♎ Libra tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter
Lunar disc is not visible from Earth. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1896" and ∠1921".
Hunter Moon after 14 days
Next Full Moon is the Hunter Moon of October 2048 after 14 days on 21 October 2048 at 18:25.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Capricorn ♑ on 14 October 2048 at 12:20
- Full Moon in Aries ♈ on 21 October 2048 at 18:25
- Last Quarter in Leo ♌ on 29 October 2048 at 22:15
- New Moon in Scorpio ♏ on 6 November 2048 at 04:38
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 603 / 1556
At 17:45 on this date the Moon completes the old and enters a new synodic month with lunation 603 of Meeus index or 1556 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.45 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 10 hours and 53 minutes. It is 1 minute 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 1 hour and 51 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 4 hours and 18 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠307.5°
The true anomaly is ∠307.5°. At the beginning of the next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠330.6°.
Moon before apogee
8 days after point of apogee on 29 September 2048 at 06:20 in ♊ Gemini. The lunar orbit is getting narrow, while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 3 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 11 October 2048 at 04:52 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Distance to Moon 378 049 km
The Moon is 378 049 km (234 909 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 3 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 366 937 km (228 004 mi).
Moon before ascending node
8 days after descending node on 28 September 2048 at 18:16 in ♊ Gemini. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following 4 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 12 October 2048 at 07:07 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Draconic month
22 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 before southern standstill
9 days since the previous standstill on 28 September 2048 at 11:46 in ♊ Gemini when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠23.189°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 4 days to face maximum declination of ∠-23.082° at the point of next southern standstill on 12 October 2048 at 03:48 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.
