Waxing
Crescent ♎ Libra
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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 ♍ Virgo.
* The exact date and time of this New Moon phase is on 2 September 2054 at 01:18 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 ∠17° of ♍ Virgo tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter
Lunar disc is not visible from Earth. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1967" and ∠1902".
Harvest Moon after 14 days
Next Full Moon is the Harvest Moon of September 2054 after 14 days on 17 September 2054 at 01:41.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- 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
- New Moon in Libra ♎ on 1 October 2054 at 09:49
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 676 / 1629
At 01:18 on this date the Moon completes the old and enters a new synodic month with lunation 676 of Meeus index or 1629 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.35 days
29 days, 8 hours and 31 minutes is the length of new lunation 676. It is 1 hour and 41 minutes shorter than next lunation 677 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 4 hours and 13 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 1 hour and 56 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠7.4°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠7.4°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠23.7°. The length of upcoming synodic months will keep increasing since the true anomaly gets closer to the value of New Moon at point of apogee (∠180°).
Moon after perigee
1 day after point of perigee on 1 September 2054 at 14:49 in ♌ Leo. The lunar orbit is getting wider, while the Moon is moving outward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 12 days, until it get to the point of next apogee on 14 September 2054 at 13:46 in ♒ Aquarius.
Distance to Moon 364 317 km
Moon is 364 317 km (226 376 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves farther next 12 days until apogee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 405 922 km (252 228 mi).
Moon after ascending node
1 day after its ascending node on 1 September 2054 at 07:18 in ♌ Leo, the Moon is following the northern part of its orbit for the next 12 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from North to South in descending node on 14 September 2054 at 21:07 in ♒ Aquarius.
Draconic month
1 day after beginning of current draconic month in ♌ Leo, the Moon is moving from the beginning to the first part of it.
Moon after northern standstill
4 days after previous North standstill on 28 August 2054 at 21:36 in ♋ Cancer, when Moon has reached northern declination of ∠19.122°. Next 8 days the lunar orbit moves southward to face South declination of ∠-19.139° in the next southern standstill on 10 September 2054 at 15:24 in ♑ Capricorn.
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.