New Moon
New MoonImage credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.(large image)

New Moon in Pisces

New Moon on . The illuminated surface of the Moon is 0%. Lunar cycle is 1 day young.

* The exact date and time of this New Moon phase is on 26 February 2055 at 12:39 UTC.

Moonrise and moonset

The moon rises at sunrise and sets at sunset. It's part facing the Earth is completely in shadow.

Moon phases on nearby dates

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Upcoming main moon phases

Main moon phases of the following lunar cycle.

Moon phase and lunation details

Moon in ♓ Pisces

Moon is passing about ∠8° of ♓ Pisces tropical zodiac sector.

Worm Moon after 14 days

Next Full Moon is the Worm Moon of March 2055 after 14 days on 13 March 2055 at 08:57.

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.

Apparent angular diameter

Lunar disc is not visible from Earth. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1769" and ∠1938".

New lunation 682 / 1635

At 12:39 on this date the Moon completes the old and enters a new synodic month with lunation 682 of Meeus index or lunation 1635 from Brown series.

Synodic month length 29.77 days

The length of the lunation is 29 days, 18 hours and 22 minutes. It is 2 hours and 6 minutes longer than the next lunation's length. The lengths of the following synodic months are going to decrease with the lunar orbit true anomaly getting closer to the value it has at the point of New Moon at perigee (∠0° or ∠360°).

Lunation length longer than mean

The length of the current synodic month is 5 hours and 38 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 1 hour and 25 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.

Lunar orbit details for

True anomaly ∠170.8°

The true anomaly of the Moon orbit is ∠170.8° and at the beginning of the next lunar synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠194.9°.

Moon before apogee

13 days since point of perigee on 12 February 2055 at 17:59 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 day until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on 27 February 2055 at 13:56 in ♓ Pisces.

Distance to Moon 405 135 km

The Moon is 405 135 km (251 739 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next day until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 406 514 km (252 596 mi).

Moon after descending node

1 day after descending node on 24 February 2055 at 23:02 in ♒ Aquarius the Moon is positioned south of the ecliptic over the following 12 days until the lunar crosses the ecliptic again from South to North in ascending node on 11 March 2055 at 03:26 in ♌ Leo.

Moon after southern standstill

4 days since the last southern standstill on 21 February 2055 at 16:20 in ♑ Capricorn when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-19.715° the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 9 days to face maximum declination of ∠19.771° at the point of next northern standstill on 8 March 2055 at 09:08 in ♋ Cancer.

Draconic month

14 days since the beginning of this draconic month in ♌ Leo the Moon is navigating from the second to the final part of the lunar cycle.

Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy

The Moon is in a New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and thus forming Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy alignment.

Lunar calendar

Sources and credits

Parts of this Lunar Calendar are based on Planetary Ephemeris Data Courtesy of Fred Espenak, www.Astropixels.com

Moon phase image credit to NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio, svs.gsfc.nasa.gov