New
Moon ♉ Taurus
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 ♈ Aries.
* The exact date and time of this New Moon phase is on 22 April 2058 at 21:29 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 ♈ Aries
Moon is leaving the last ∠2° of ♈ Aries tropical zodiac sector and will enter ♉ Taurus later.
Apparent angular diameter
Lunar disc is not visible from Earth. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1868" and ∠1908".
Flower Moon after 15 days
Next Full Moon is the Flower Moon of May 2058 after 15 days on 8 May 2058 at 10:12.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Leo ♌ on 30 April 2058 at 20:18
- Full Moon in Scorpio ♏ on 8 May 2058 at 10:12
- Last Quarter in Aquarius ♒ on 15 May 2058 at 03:58
- New Moon in Gemini ♊ on 22 May 2058 at 10:23
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 721 / 1674
At 21:29 on this date the Moon completes the old and enters a new synodic month with lunation 721 of Meeus index or 1674 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.54 days
29 days, 12 hours and 54 minutes is the length of new lunation 721. It is 1 hour and 18 minutes shorter than next lunation 722 length.
Lunation length longer than mean
Length of current synodic month is 10 minutes longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 6 hours and 53 minutes shorter, compared to 21st century longest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠82.2°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠82.2°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠118.2°. 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
6 days after point of perigee on 15 April 2058 at 18:36 in ♑ Capricorn. The lunar orbit is getting wider, while the Moon is moving outward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 7 days, until it get to the point of next apogee on 29 April 2058 at 19:18 in ♋ Cancer.
Distance to Moon 383 816 km
Moon is 383 816 km (238 492 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves farther next 7 days until apogee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 404 300 km (251 220 mi).
Moon before ascending node
9 days after its descending node on 13 April 2058 at 02:25 in ♐ Sagittarius, the Moon is following the southern part of its orbit for the next 3 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from South to North in ascending node on 26 April 2058 at 05:25 in ♊ Gemini.
Draconic month
23 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♊ Gemini, the Moon is moving from the second to the final part of it.
Moon before northern standstill
7 days after previous South standstill on 14 April 2058 at 20:05 in ♑ Capricorn, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-25.135°. Next 5 days the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠25.222° in the next northern standstill on 28 April 2058 at 07:29 in ♋ Cancer.
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.