New
Moon ♎ Libra
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 ♎ Libra.
* The exact date and time of this New Moon phase is on 4 October 2051 at 20:47 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 ♎ Libra
Moon is passing about ∠7° of ♎ Libra tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter
Lunar disc is not visible from Earth. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1775" and ∠1919".
Hunter Moon after 15 days
Next Full Moon is the Hunter Moon of October 2051 after 15 days on 19 October 2051 at 19:13.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Capricorn ♑ on 13 October 2051 at 00:12
- Full Moon in Aries ♈ on 19 October 2051 at 19:13
- Last Quarter in Leo ♌ on 26 October 2051 at 12:39
- New Moon in Scorpio ♏ on 3 November 2051 at 14:59
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 640 / 1593
At 20:47 on this date the Moon completes the old and enters a new synodic month with lunation 640 of Meeus index or 1593 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.76 days
29 days, 18 hours and 12 minutes is the length of new lunation 640. It is 26 minutes shorter than next lunation 641 length.
Lunation length longer than mean
Length of current synodic month is 5 hours and 28 minutes longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 1 hour and 35 minutes shorter, compared to 21st century longest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠163.9°
This lunation true anomaly is ∠163.9°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠187.8°. 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 before apogee
12 days after point of perigee on 21 September 2051 at 12:20 in ♈ Aries. The lunar orbit is getting wider, while the Moon is moving outward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 2 days, until it get to the point of next apogee on 6 October 2051 at 15:34 in ♎ Libra.
Distance to Moon 403 864 km
Moon is 403 864 km (250 949 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves farther next 2 days until apogee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 406 415 km (252 535 mi).
Moon before ascending node
12 days after its descending node on 22 September 2051 at 03:59 in ♈ Aries, the Moon is following the southern part of its orbit for the next day, until it will cross the ecliptic from South to North in ascending node on 5 October 2051 at 20:55 in ♎ Libra.
Draconic month
25 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♎ Libra, the Moon is moving from the second to the final part of it.
Moon before southern standstill
8 days after previous North standstill on 26 September 2051 at 07:36 in ♊ Gemini, when Moon has reached northern declination of ∠18.704°. Next 6 days the lunar orbit moves southward to face South declination of ∠-18.669° in the next southern standstill on 10 October 2051 at 22:36 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.