New
Moon* ♍ Virgo
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 ♍ Virgo.
* The exact date and time of this New Moon phase is on 2 September 2054 at 01:18 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 is entering ♍ Virgo
Moon is passing first ∠1° of ♍ Virgo tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter
Lunar disc is not visible from Earth. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1973" and ∠1902".
Harvest Moon after 15 days
Next Full Moon is the Harvest Moon of September 2054 after 15 days on 17 September 2054 at 01:41.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Virgo ♍ on 2 September 2054 at 01:18
- First Quarter in Sagittarius ♐ on 8 September 2054 at 21:46
- Full Moon in Pisces ♓ on 17 September 2054 at 01:41
- Last Quarter in Gemini ♊ on 24 September 2054 at 18:26
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 at perigee
Moon is at perigee at 14:49. It is 14 days after previous apogee on 18 August 2054 at 10:18 in ♒ Aquarius. Lunar orbit is going to widen while the Moon is moving away from the Earth over the next 13 days, until point of next apogee on 14 September 2054 at 13:46 in ♒ Aquarius.
Distance to Moon 357 587 km
This perigee Moon is 357 587 km (222 194 mi) away from Earth. It is 4 921 km closer than the mean perigee distance, but it is still 12 769 km further than the closest perigee of 21st century.
Moon in ascending node
Moon is in ascending node in ♌ Leo at 07:18 crossing the ecliptic from South to North to meet descending node 13 days later on 14 September 2054 at 21:07 in ♒ Aquarius.
New draconic month
At 07:18 the Moon completes the previous draconic month and enters the new one.
Moon after northern standstill
3 days since the previous standstill on 28 August 2054 at 21:36 in ♋ Cancer when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠19.122°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 9 days to face maximum declination of ∠-19.139° at the point of next southern standstill on 10 September 2054 at 15:24 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.
