New
Moon ♎ 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 11 October 2053 at 20:53 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 ♎ Libra
Moon is passing about ∠14° of ♎ Libra tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter
Lunar disc is not visible from Earth. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1883" and ∠1923".
Hunter Moon after 15 days
Next Full Moon is the Hunter Moon of October 2053 after 15 days on 27 October 2053 at 10:38.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Capricorn ♑ on 19 October 2053 at 16:54
- Full Moon in Taurus ♉ on 27 October 2053 at 10:38
- Last Quarter in Leo ♌ on 3 November 2053 at 05:37
- New Moon in Scorpio ♏ on 10 November 2053 at 10:55
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 665 / 1618
At 20:53 on this date the Moon completes the old and enters a new synodic month with lunation 665 of Meeus index or 1618 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.58 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 14 hours and 2 minutes. It is 2 hours and 43 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 longer than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 1 hour and 18 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 5 hours and 45 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠71.2°
The true anomaly is ∠71.2°. At the beginning of the next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠106.8°.
Moon after perigee
5 days after point of perigee on 6 October 2053 at 10:09 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 7 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on 19 October 2053 at 07:14 in ♑ Capricorn.
Distance to Moon 380 678 km
The Moon is 380 678 km (236 542 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next 7 days until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 404 289 km (251 214 mi).
Moon after ascending node
1 day after ascending node on 9 October 2053 at 12:15 in ♍ Virgo. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following 12 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 23 October 2053 at 18:33 in ♓ Pisces.
Draconic month
1 day since the beginning of current draconic month in ♍ Virgo, the Moon is navigating from the beginning to the first part of the cycle.
Moon before southern standstill
7 days since the previous standstill on 4 October 2053 at 08:58 in ♋ Cancer when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠18.380°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 6 days to face maximum declination of ∠-18.447° at the point of next southern standstill on 17 October 2053 at 18:44 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.
