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 20 April 2061 at 03:04 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 passing about ∠21° of ♈ Aries tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter
Lunar disc is not visible from Earth. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1953" and ∠1910".
Flower Moon after 15 days
Next Full Moon is the Flower Moon of May 2061 after 15 days on 4 May 2061 at 14:13.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Taurus ♉ on 20 April 2061 at 03:04
- First Quarter in Leo ♌ on 26 April 2061 at 17:55
- Full Moon in Scorpio ♏ on 4 May 2061 at 14:13
- Last Quarter in Aquarius ♒ on 12 May 2061 at 16:10
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 757 / 1710
At 17:23 on this date the Moon completes the old and enters a new synodic month with lunation 757 of Meeus index or 1710 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.4 days
29 days, 9 hours and 42 minutes is the length of new lunation 757. It is 1 hour and 44 minutes longer than next lunation 758 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 3 hours and 2 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 3 hours and 7 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠324.8°
This lunation true anomaly is ∠324.8°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠343.2°. 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 before perigee
10 days after point of apogee on 8 April 2061 at 18:12 in ♏ Scorpio. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next day, until it get to the point of next perigee on 21 April 2061 at 03:02 in ♉ Taurus.
Distance to Moon 367 024 km
Moon is 367 024 km (228 058 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next day until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 358 852 km (222 980 mi).
Moon in ascending node
Moon is in ascending node in ♈ Aries at 10:03 on this date, it crosses the ecliptic from South to North. Moon will follow the northern part of its orbit for the next 13 days to meet descending node on 2 May 2061 at 12:29 in ♎ Libra.
New draconic month
At 10:03 on this date the Moon is completing its previous draconic month and is entering the new one.
Moon before northern standstill
8 days after previous South standstill on 11 April 2061 at 10:51 in ♑ Capricorn, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-28.439°. Next 4 days the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠28.417° in the next northern standstill on 24 April 2061 at 08:45 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.