Waxing
Crescent ♌ Leo
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 less than 1 day young Moon is in ♌ Leo.
* The exact date and time of this New Moon phase is on 22 July 2066 at 10:34 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 is entering ♌ Leo
Moon is passing first ∠1° of ♌ Leo tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter
Lunar disc is not visible from Earth. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1781" and ∠1889".
Sturgeon Moon after 14 days
Next Full Moon is the Sturgeon Moon of August 2066 after 14 days on 5 August 2066 at 16:59.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Scorpio ♏ on 30 July 2066 at 02:01
- Full Moon in Aquarius ♒ on 5 August 2066 at 16:59
- Last Quarter in Taurus ♉ on 12 August 2066 at 20:59
- New Moon in Virgo ♍ on 21 August 2066 at 00:50
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 823 / 1776
At 10:34 on this date the Moon completes the old and enters a new synodic month with lunation 823 of Meeus index or 1776 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.59 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 14 hours and 16 minutes. It is 1 hour and 18 minutes longer than the next lunation's length. The lengths of the following synodic months are going to decreasing with the true anomaly getting closer to the value it has at the point of New Moon at perigee (∠0° or ∠360°).
Lunation length longer than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 1 hour and 32 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 5 hours and 31 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠207°
The true anomaly is ∠207°. At the beginning of the next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠236.4°.
Moon after apogee
2 days after point of apogee on 19 July 2066 at 16:13 in ♊ Gemini. The lunar orbit is getting narrow, while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 12 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 4 August 2066 at 03:18 in ♑ Capricorn.
Distance to Moon 402 535 km
The Moon is 402 535 km (250 124 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 12 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 360 710 km (224 135 mi).
Moon after descending node
1 day after descending node on 20 July 2066 at 16:05 in ♋ Cancer. 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 3 August 2066 at 08:34 in ♑ Capricorn.
Draconic month
15 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♑ Capricorn, the Moon is navigating from the second to the final part of the cycle.
Moon after northern standstill
3 days since the previous standstill on 18 July 2066 at 23:31 in ♊ Gemini when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠24.725°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 10 days to face maximum declination of ∠-24.680° at the point of next southern standstill on 2 August 2066 at 00:55 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.
