New
Moon* ♈ Aries
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 ♓ Pisces.
* The exact date and time of this New Moon phase is on 14 March 2059 at 00:05 UTC.
Moon phases for next 7 days
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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 ♓ Pisces
Moon is passing about ∠16° of ♓ Pisces tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter
Lunar disc is not visible from Earth. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1970" and ∠1930".
Worm Moon after 15 days
Next Full Moon is the Worm Moon of March 2059 after 15 days on 29 March 2059 at 03:47.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Aries ♈ on 14 March 2059 at 00:05
- First Quarter in Gemini ♊ on 20 March 2059 at 23:30
- Full Moon in Libra ♎ on 29 March 2059 at 03:47
- Last Quarter in Capricorn ♑ on 5 April 2059 at 18:46
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 731 / 1684
At 14:27 on this date the Moon completes the old and enters a new synodic month with lunation 731 of Meeus index or 1684 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.4 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 9 hours and 38 minutes. It is 15 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 shorter than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 3 hours and 6 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 3 hours and 3 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠357°
The true anomaly is ∠357°. At the beginning of the next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠12.4°.
Moon at perigee
Moon is at perigee at 06:38. It is 14 days after previous apogee on 26 February 2059 at 13:16 in ♌ Leo. Lunar orbit is going to widen while the Moon is moving away from the Earth over the next 12 days, until point of next apogee on 25 March 2059 at 20:15 in ♌ Leo.
Distance to Moon 357 773 km
This perigee Moon is 357 773 km (222 310 mi) away from Earth. It is 4 735 km closer than the mean perigee distance, but it is still 12 583 km further than the closest perigee of 21st century.
Moon before ascending node
7 days after descending node on 6 March 2059 at 00:53 in ♐ Sagittarius. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following 5 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 18 March 2059 at 12:04 in ♉ Taurus.
Draconic month
22 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♊ Gemini, the Moon is navigating from the second to the final part of the cycle.
Moon after southern standstill
4 days since the previous standstill on 8 March 2059 at 23:34 in ♑ Capricorn when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-26.323°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 8 days to face maximum declination of ∠26.421° at the point of next northern standstill on 21 March 2059 at 15:46 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.
