Waxing
Crescent ♏ 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 less than 1 day young Moon is in ♏ Scorpio.
* The exact date and time of this New Moon phase is on 19 October 2066 at 01:42 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 is entering ♏ Scorpio
Moon is passing first ∠2° of ♏ Scorpio tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter
Lunar disc is not visible from Earth. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1907" and ∠1927".
Beaver Moon after 13 days
Next Full Moon is the Beaver Moon of November 2066 after 13 days on 2 November 2066 at 02:13.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Capricorn ♑ on 25 October 2066 at 20:52
- Full Moon in Taurus ♉ on 2 November 2066 at 02:13
- Last Quarter in Leo ♌ on 10 November 2066 at 05:45
- New Moon in Scorpio ♏ on 17 November 2066 at 13:06
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 826 / 1779
At 01:42 on this date the Moon completes the old and enters a new synodic month with lunation 826 of Meeus index or 1779 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.47 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 11 hours and 23 minutes. It is 11 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 shorter than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 1 hour and 21 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 4 hours and 48 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠304.7°
The true anomaly is ∠304.7°. At the beginning of the next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠328.7°.
Moon before apogee
8 days after point of apogee on 10 October 2066 at 18:32 in ♋ Cancer. The lunar orbit is getting narrow, while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 3 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 22 October 2066 at 18:37 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Distance to Moon 375 907 km
The Moon is 375 907 km (233 578 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 3 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 367 509 km (228 360 mi).
Moon before ascending node
9 days after descending node on 10 October 2066 at 02:19 in ♋ Cancer. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following 4 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 23 October 2066 at 16:14 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Draconic month
22 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♐ Sagittarius, the Moon is navigating from the second to the final part of the cycle.
Moon before southern standstill
10 days since the previous standstill on 8 October 2066 at 22:14 in ♊ Gemini when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠24.153°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 3 days to face maximum declination of ∠-24.054° at the point of next southern standstill on 22 October 2066 at 18:58 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.
