Waxing
Crescent ♍ Virgo
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 ♌ Leo.
* The exact date and time of this New Moon phase is on 5 August 2062 at 00:40 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 ♌ Leo
Moon is passing about ∠20° of ♌ Leo tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter
Lunar disc is not visible from Earth. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1960" and ∠1892".
Sturgeon Moon after 14 days
Next Full Moon is the Sturgeon Moon of August 2062 after 14 days on 20 August 2062 at 03:55.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Scorpio ♏ on 12 August 2062 at 00:21
- Full Moon in Aquarius ♒ on 20 August 2062 at 03:55
- Last Quarter in Taurus ♉ on 27 August 2062 at 17:49
- New Moon in Virgo ♍ on 3 September 2062 at 08:42
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 774 / 1727
At 00:40 on this date the Moon completes the old and enters a new synodic month with lunation 774 of Meeus index or 1727 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.33 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 8 hours and 2 minutes. It is 2 hours and 5 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 shorter than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 4 hours and 42 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 1 hour and 27 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠14°
The true anomaly is ∠14°. At the beginning of the next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠31.5°.
Moon after perigee
1 day after point of perigee on 4 August 2062 at 04:41 in ♌ Leo. The lunar orbit is getting widen, while the Moon is moving away from the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 11 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on 16 August 2062 at 18:05 in ♑ Capricorn.
Distance to Moon 365 768 km
The Moon is 365 768 km (227 278 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next 11 days until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 405 741 km (252 116 mi).
Moon before descending node
10 days after ascending node on 26 July 2062 at 00:55 in ♓ Pisces. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following 2 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 7 August 2062 at 17:38 in ♍ Virgo.
Draconic month
10 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♓ Pisces, the Moon is navigating from the beginning to the first part of the cycle.
Moon after northern standstill
3 days since the previous standstill on 2 August 2062 at 02:58 in ♊ Gemini when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠28.542°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 9 days to face maximum declination of ∠-28.592° at the point of next southern standstill on 15 August 2062 at 06:10 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.
