Waxing
Crescent ♌ Leo
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 ♌ Leo.
* The exact date and time of this New Moon phase is on 3 August 2054 at 17:48 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 ♌ Leo
Moon is passing about ∠8° of ♌ Leo tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter
Lunar disc is not visible from Earth. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1969" and ∠1891".
Sturgeon Moon after 14 days
Next Full Moon is the Sturgeon Moon of August 2054 after 14 days on 18 August 2054 at 09:22.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Scorpio ♏ on 10 August 2054 at 10:05
- Full Moon in Aquarius ♒ on 18 August 2054 at 09:22
- Last Quarter in Gemini ♊ on 26 August 2054 at 08:56
- New Moon in Virgo ♍ on 2 September 2054 at 01:18
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 675 / 1628
At 17:48 on this date the Moon completes the old and enters a new synodic month with lunation 675 of Meeus index or 1628 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.31 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 7 hours and 30 minutes. It is 1 hour and 1 minute 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 5 hours and 14 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 55 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠352.3°
The true anomaly is ∠352.3°. At the beginning of the next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠7.4°.
Moon before apogee
12 days after point of apogee on 22 July 2054 at 05:49 in ♒ Aquarius. The lunar orbit is getting narrow, while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next day, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 4 August 2054 at 04:47 in ♌ Leo.
Distance to Moon 364 058 km
The Moon is 364 058 km (226 215 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next day until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 357 668 km (222 245 mi).
Moon before ascending node
12 days after descending node on 22 July 2054 at 09:02 in ♒ Aquarius. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following day, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 4 August 2054 at 20:23 in ♌ Leo.
Draconic month
26 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♌ Leo, the Moon is navigating from the second to the final part of the cycle.
Moon after northern standstill
2 days since the previous standstill on 1 August 2054 at 11:52 in ♋ Cancer when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠19.139°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 10 days to face maximum declination of ∠-19.120° at the point of next southern standstill on 14 August 2054 at 09:17 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.
