New Moon
New MoonImage credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.(large image)

New Moon in Capricorn

New Moon on . The illuminated surface of the Moon is 0%. Lunar cycle is less than 1 day young.

* The exact date and time of this New Moon phase is on 27 December 2065 at 08:27 UTC.

Moonrise and moonset

The moon rises at sunrise and sets at sunset. It's part facing the Earth is completely in shadow.

Moon phases on nearby dates

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Upcoming main moon phases

Main moon phases of the following lunar cycle.

Moon phase and lunation details

Moon in ♑ Capricorn

Moon is passing about ∠8° of ♑ Capricorn tropical zodiac sector.

Wolf Moon after 15 days

Next Full Moon is the Wolf Moon of January 2066 after 15 days on 11 January 2066 at 15:07.

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.

Apparent angular diameter

Lunar disc is not visible from Earth. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1960" and ∠1951".

New lunation 816 / 1769

At 08:27 on this date the Moon completes the old and enters a new synodic month with lunation 816 of Meeus index or lunation 1769 from Brown series.

Synodic month length 29.49 days

The length of the lunation is 29 days, 11 hours and 47 minutes. It is 49 minutes shorter than the next lunation's length. The lengths of the following synodic months are going to increase with the lunar orbit 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 57 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 5 hours and 12 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.

Lunar orbit details for

True anomaly ∠16.6°

The true anomaly of the Moon orbit is ∠16.6° and at the beginning of the next lunar synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠35.6°.

Moon before perigee

16 days since point of apogee on 11 December 2065 at 06:28 in ♊ Gemini the lunar orbit is getting narrow while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 11 days until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 7 January 2066 at 15:46 in ♉ Taurus.

Distance to Moon 365 799 km

The Moon is 365 799 km (227 297 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 11 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 405 716 km (252 100 mi).

Moon before ascending node

12 days after descending node on 15 December 2065 at 01:34 in ♋ Cancer the Moon is positioned south of the ecliptic over the following day until the lunar crosses the ecliptic again from South to North in ascending node on 28 December 2065 at 03:31 in ♑ Capricorn.

Moon after southern standstill

1 day since the last southern standstill on 26 December 2065 at 06:50 in ♐ Sagittarius when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-25.485° the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 12 days to face maximum declination of ∠25.491° at the point of next northern standstill on 8 January 2066 at 23:20 in ♊ Gemini.

Draconic month

26 days since the beginning of this draconic month in ♑ Capricorn the Moon is navigating from the second to the final part of the lunar cycle.

Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy

The Moon is in a New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and thus forming Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy alignment.

Lunar calendar

Sources and credits

Parts of this Lunar Calendar are based on Planetary Ephemeris Data Courtesy of Fred Espenak, www.Astropixels.com

Moon phase image credit to NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio, svs.gsfc.nasa.gov