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

New Moon in Cancer

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

* The exact date and time of this New Moon phase is on 25 June 2055 at 00:15 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 ♋ Cancer

Moon is passing about ∠10° of ♋ Cancer tropical zodiac sector.

Buck Moon after 13 days

Next Full Moon is the Buck Moon of July 2055 after 13 days on 8 July 2055 at 22:11.

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 ∠1887" and ∠1888".

New lunation 686 / 1639

At 00:15 on this date the Moon completes the old and enters a new synodic month with lunation 686 of Meeus index or lunation 1639 from Brown series.

Synodic month length 29.4 days

The length of the lunation is 29 days, 9 hours and 32 minutes. It is 1 hour and 5 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 shorter than mean

The length of the current synodic month is 3 hours and 12 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 2 hours and 57 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.

Lunar orbit details for

True anomaly ∠288.5°

The true anomaly of the Moon orbit is ∠288.5° and at the beginning of the next lunar synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠315.9°.

Moon before perigee

7 days since point of apogee on 17 June 2055 at 13:16 in ♓ Pisces the lunar orbit is getting narrow while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 4 days until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 30 June 2055 at 11:09 in ♍ Virgo.

Distance to Moon 379 953 km

The Moon is 379 953 km (236 092 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 4 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 369 268 km (229 452 mi).

Moon before ascending node

12 days after descending node on 13 June 2055 at 11:33 in ♒ Aquarius the Moon is positioned south of the ecliptic over the following 2 days until the lunar crosses the ecliptic again from South to North in ascending node on 27 June 2055 at 16:35 in ♌ Leo.

Moon at northern standstill

At 12:46 the Moon is meeting its standstill point to reach North declination of ∠20.427°. Over the upcoming 12 days the lunar orbit is going to tilt southward to face maximum declination of ∠-20.424° at the point of next southern standstill in ♑ Capricorn on 8 July 2055 at 11:08.

Draconic month

24 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