New
Moon* ♏ Scorpio
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
New Moon
New Moon is the lunar phase on . Surface of the Moon disc is not illuminated. The 1 day young Moon is in ♏ Scorpio.
* The exact date and time of this New Moon phase is on 12 November 2061 at 03:40 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 ♏ Scorpio
Moon is passing about ∠12° of ♏ Scorpio tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter
Lunar disc is not visible from Earth. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1789" and ∠1939".
Beaver Moon after 15 days
Next Full Moon is the Beaver Moon of November 2061 after 15 days on 27 November 2061 at 06:32.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Scorpio ♏ on 12 November 2061 at 03:40
- First Quarter in Aquarius ♒ on 20 November 2061 at 08:11
- Full Moon in Gemini ♊ on 27 November 2061 at 06:32
- Last Quarter in Virgo ♍ on 3 December 2061 at 22:12
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 764 / 1717
At 10:41 on this date the Moon completes the old and enters a new synodic month with lunation 764 of Meeus index or 1717 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.71 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 16 hours and 58 minutes. It is 1 hour and 55 minutes shorter 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 longer than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 4 hours and 14 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 2 hours and 49 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠120.1°
The true anomaly is ∠120.1°. At the beginning of the next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠151.2°.
Moon before perigee
12 days after point of perigee on 30 October 2061 at 10:28 in ♉ Taurus. The lunar orbit is getting widen, while the Moon is moving away from the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 3 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on 15 November 2061 at 02:30 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Distance to Moon 400 726 km
The Moon is 400 726 km (249 000 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next 3 days until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 406 329 km (252 481 mi).
Moon after descending node
2 days after descending node on 8 November 2061 at 21:38 in ♎ Libra. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following 11 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 23 November 2061 at 11:10 in ♈ Aries.
Draconic month
15 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♈ Aries, the Moon is navigating from the second to the final part of the cycle.
Moon before southern standstill
9 days since the previous standstill on 1 November 2061 at 14:48 in ♊ Gemini when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠28.559°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 4 days to face maximum declination of ∠-28.489° at the point of next southern standstill on 15 November 2061 at 15:41 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy
The Moon is in a New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and thus forming Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy alignment.
