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 less than 1 day young Moon is in ♍ Virgo.
* The exact date and time of this New Moon phase is on 12 September 2053 at 09:36 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 ♍ Virgo
Moon is passing about ∠22° of ♍ Virgo tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter
Lunar disc is not visible from Earth. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1916" and ∠1907".
Harvest Moon after 15 days
Next Full Moon is the Harvest Moon of September 2053 after 15 days on 27 September 2053 at 21:50.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Sagittarius ♐ on 19 September 2053 at 21:29
- Full Moon in Pisces ♓ on 27 September 2053 at 21:50
- Last Quarter in Cancer ♋ on 4 October 2053 at 23:01
- New Moon in Libra ♎ on 11 October 2053 at 20:53
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 664 / 1617
At 09:36 on this date the Moon completes the old and enters a new synodic month with lunation 664 of Meeus index or 1617 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.47 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 11 hours and 18 minutes. It is 2 hours and 44 minutes shorter than the next lunation's length. The lengths of the following synodic months are going to increasing with the true anomaly getting closer to the value it has at the point of New Moon at apogee (∠180°).
Lunation length shorter than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 1 hour and 26 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 4 hours and 43 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠43.5°
The true anomaly is ∠43.5°. At the beginning of the next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠71.2°.
Moon after perigee
2 days after point of perigee on 9 September 2053 at 15:22 in ♌ Leo. The lunar orbit is getting widen, while the Moon is moving away from the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 8 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on 21 September 2053 at 11:30 in ♑ Capricorn.
Distance to Moon 374 034 km
The Moon is 374 034 km (232 414 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next 8 days until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 404 434 km (251 304 mi).
Moon in ascending node
Moon is in ascending node in ♍ Virgo at 03:56 crossing the ecliptic from South to North to meet descending node 13 days later on 26 September 2053 at 11:14 in ♓ Pisces.
New draconic month
At 03:56 the Moon completes the previous draconic month and enters the new one.
Moon after northern standstill
5 days since the previous standstill on 7 September 2053 at 03:16 in ♋ Cancer when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠18.322°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 7 days to face maximum declination of ∠-18.328° at the point of next southern standstill on 20 September 2053 at 10:22 in ♑ Capricorn.
Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy
The Moon is in a New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and thus forming Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy alignment.
