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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 ♓ Pisces.
* The exact date and time of this New Moon phase is on 9 March 2054 at 12:46 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 ♓ Pisces
Moon is passing about ∠19° of ♓ Pisces tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter
Lunar disc is not visible from Earth. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1792" and ∠1932".
Worm Moon after 14 days
Next Full Moon is the Worm Moon of March 2054 after 14 days on 23 March 2054 at 17:21.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Gemini ♊ on 17 March 2054 at 01:21
- Full Moon in Virgo ♍ on 23 March 2054 at 17:21
- Last Quarter in Capricorn ♑ on 31 March 2054 at 01:50
- New Moon in Aries ♈ on 8 April 2054 at 04:32
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 670 / 1623
At 12:45 on this date the Moon completes the old and enters a new synodic month with lunation 670 of Meeus index or 1623 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.66 days
29 days, 15 hours and 47 minutes is the length of new lunation 670. It is 3 hours and 19 minutes longer than next lunation 671 length.
Lunation length longer than mean
Length of current synodic month is 3 hours and 3 minutes longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 4 hours shorter, compared to 21st century longest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠220.6°
This lunation true anomaly is ∠220.6°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠254.3°. 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 after apogee
3 days after point of apogee on 5 March 2054 at 16:18 in ♑ Capricorn. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 12 days, until it get to the point of next perigee on 21 March 2054 at 14:11 in ♌ Leo.
Distance to Moon 400 043 km
Moon is 400 043 km (248 575 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next 12 days until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 362 830 km (225 452 mi).
Moon after descending node
1 day after its descending node on 8 March 2054 at 13:36 in ♓ Pisces, the Moon is following the southern part of its orbit for the next 12 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from South to North in ascending node on 21 March 2054 at 22:53 in ♍ Virgo.
Draconic month
14 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♍ Virgo, the Moon is moving from the second to the final part of it.
Moon after southern standstill
6 days after previous South standstill on 3 March 2054 at 09:21 in ♑ Capricorn, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-18.648°. Next 8 days the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠18.685° in the next northern standstill on 17 March 2054 at 17:30 in ♊ Gemini.
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.