New
Moon ♑ Capricorn
Moon phase for
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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 ♑ Capricorn.
* The exact date and time of this New Moon phase is on 28 December 2054 at 23:52 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 is entering ♑ Capricorn
Moon is passing first ∠1° of ♑ Capricorn tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter
Lunar disc is not visible from Earth. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1834" and ∠1951".
Wolf Moon after 15 days
Next Full Moon is the Wolf Moon of January 2055 after 15 days on 13 January 2055 at 11:21.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Aries ♈ on 6 January 2055 at 03:39
- Full Moon in Cancer ♋ on 13 January 2055 at 11:21
- Last Quarter in Scorpio ♏ on 20 January 2055 at 03:24
- New Moon in Aquarius ♒ on 27 January 2055 at 17:39
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 680 / 1633
At 23:52 on this date the Moon completes the old and enters a new synodic month with lunation 680 of Meeus index or 1633 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.74 days
29 days, 17 hours and 47 minutes is the length of new lunation 680. It is 1 hour and 13 minutes shorter than next lunation 681 length.
Lunation length longer than mean
Length of current synodic month is 5 hours and 3 minutes longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 2 hours shorter, compared to 21st century longest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠109.3°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠109.3°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠143.9°. 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 before apogee
9 days after point of perigee on 18 December 2054 at 16:08 in ♌ Leo. The lunar orbit is getting wider, while the Moon is moving outward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 6 days, until it get to the point of next apogee on 3 January 2055 at 13:48 in ♓ Pisces.
Distance to Moon 390 741 km
Moon is 390 741 km (242 795 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves farther next 6 days until apogee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 404 985 km (251 646 mi).
Moon before descending node
9 days after its ascending node on 18 December 2054 at 23:30 in ♌ Leo, the Moon is following the northern part of its orbit for the next 3 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from North to South in descending node on 1 January 2055 at 10:10 in ♒ Aquarius.
Draconic month
9 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♌ Leo, the Moon is moving from the beginning to the first part of it.
Moon before southern standstill
12 days after previous North standstill on 16 December 2054 at 01:47 in ♋ Cancer, when Moon has reached northern declination of ∠19.747°. Next day the lunar orbit moves southward to face South declination of ∠-19.763° in the next southern standstill on 29 December 2054 at 03:18 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.