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Moon ♑ Capricorn
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 ♐ Sagittarius.
* The exact date and time of this New Moon phase is on 22 December 2060 at 22:39 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 ♐ Sagittarius
Moon is leaving the last ∠4° of ♐ Sagittarius tropical zodiac sector and will enter ♑ Capricorn later.
Apparent angular diameter
Lunar disc is not visible from Earth. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1794" and ∠1951".
Wolf Moon after 14 days
Next Full Moon is the Wolf Moon of January 2061 after 14 days on 6 January 2061 at 02:24.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Aries ♈ on 30 December 2060 at 09:29
- Full Moon in Cancer ♋ on 6 January 2061 at 02:24
- Last Quarter in Libra ♎ on 13 January 2061 at 13:57
- New Moon in Capricorn ♑ on 21 January 2061 at 15:16
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 754 / 1707
At 22:39 on this date the Moon completes the old and enters a new synodic month with lunation 754 of Meeus index or 1707 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.69 days
29 days, 16 hours and 37 minutes is the length of new lunation 754. It is 2 hours and 22 minutes longer than next lunation 755 length.
Lunation length longer than mean
Length of current synodic month is 3 hours and 53 minutes longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 3 hours and 10 minutes shorter, compared to 21st century longest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠228.7°
This lunation true anomaly is ∠228.7°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠265.6°. The length of upcoming synodic months will keep decreasing since the true anomaly gets closer to the value of New Moon at point of perigee (∠0° or ∠360°).
Moon after apogee
3 days after point of apogee on 18 December 2060 at 13:24 in ♏ Scorpio. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 12 days, until it get to the point of next perigee on 3 January 2061 at 14:50 in ♊ Gemini.
Distance to Moon 399 568 km
Moon is 399 568 km (248 280 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next 12 days until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 364 234 km (226 325 mi).
Moon after descending node
4 days after its descending node on 17 December 2060 at 13:43 in ♎ Libra, the Moon is following the southern part of its orbit for the next 9 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from South to North in ascending node on 31 December 2060 at 13:55 in ♈ Aries.
Draconic month
18 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♈ Aries, the Moon is moving from the second to the final part of it.
Moon before southern standstill
13 days after previous North standstill on 8 December 2060 at 20:39 in ♊ Gemini, when Moon has reached northern declination of ∠28.011°. Next day the lunar orbit moves southward to face South declination of ∠-27.980° in the next southern standstill on 23 December 2060 at 03:55 in ♑ Capricorn.
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.