New
Moon ♒ Aquarius
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 ♒ Aquarius.
* The exact date and time of this New Moon phase is on 27 January 2055 at 17:39 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 ♒ Aquarius
Moon is passing about ∠5° of ♒ Aquarius tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter
Lunar disc is not visible from Earth. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1791" and ∠1948".
Snow Moon after 15 days
Next Full Moon is the Snow Moon of February 2055 after 15 days on 11 February 2055 at 22:48.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Taurus ♉ on 4 February 2055 at 22:59
- Full Moon in Leo ♌ on 11 February 2055 at 22:48
- Last Quarter in Scorpio ♏ on 18 February 2055 at 14:14
- New Moon in Pisces ♓ on 26 February 2055 at 12:39
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 681 / 1634
At 17:39 on this date the Moon completes the old and enters a new synodic month with lunation 681 of Meeus index or 1634 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.79 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 19 hours and 1 minute. This is the year's longest synodic month of 2055. It is 38 minutes longer 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 longer than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 6 hours and 16 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 47 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠143.9°
The true anomaly is ∠143.9°. At the beginning of the next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠170.8°.
Moon before perigee
12 days after point of perigee on 15 January 2055 at 09:13 in ♌ Leo. The lunar orbit is getting widen, while the Moon is moving away from the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 3 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on 31 January 2055 at 06:49 in ♓ Pisces.
Distance to Moon 400 257 km
The Moon is 400 257 km (248 708 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next 3 days until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 405 942 km (252 241 mi).
Moon before descending node
12 days after ascending node on 15 January 2055 at 05:53 in ♌ Leo. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following day, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 28 January 2055 at 16:32 in ♒ Aquarius.
Draconic month
12 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♌ Leo, the Moon is navigating from the beginning to the first part of the cycle.
Moon after southern standstill
2 days since the previous standstill on 25 January 2055 at 10:36 in ♑ Capricorn when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-19.724°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 12 days to face maximum declination of ∠19.711° at the point of next northern standstill on 8 February 2055 at 23:45 in ♋ Cancer.
Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy
The Moon is in a New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and thus forming Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy alignment.
