New
Moon ♍ Virgo
Moon phase for
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New Moon
New Moon is the lunar phase on . Surface of the Moon disc is not illuminated. The 1 day young Moon is in ♍ Virgo.
* The exact date and time of this New Moon phase is on 27 August 2068 at 18:28 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 ♍ Virgo
Moon is passing first ∠2° of ♍ Virgo tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter
Lunar disc is not visible from Earth. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1777" and ∠1900".
Harvest Moon after 15 days
Next Full Moon is the Harvest Moon of September 2068 after 15 days on 11 September 2068 at 17:19.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Sagittarius ♐ on 4 September 2068 at 22:04
- Full Moon in Pisces ♓ on 11 September 2068 at 17:19
- Last Quarter in Gemini ♊ on 18 September 2068 at 10:16
- New Moon in Libra ♎ on 26 September 2068 at 10:48
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 849 / 1802
At 18:28 on this date the Moon completes the old and enters a new synodic month with lunation 849 of Meeus index or 1802 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.68 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 16 hours and 20 minutes. It is 1 hour and 9 minutes shorter 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 3 hours and 36 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 3 hours and 27 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠160.5°
The true anomaly is ∠160.5°. At the beginning of the next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠183.9°.
Moon before perigee
12 days after point of perigee on 14 August 2068 at 15:33 in ♓ Pisces. The lunar orbit is getting widen, while the Moon is moving away from the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 2 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on 29 August 2068 at 20:38 in ♍ Virgo.
Distance to Moon 403 424 km
The Moon is 403 424 km (250 676 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next 2 days until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 406 437 km (252 548 mi).
Moon before ascending node
7 days after descending node on 20 August 2068 at 00:01 in ♊ Gemini. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following 7 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 3 September 2068 at 12:48 in ♏ Scorpio.
Draconic month
20 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♏ Scorpio, the Moon is navigating from the second to the final part of the cycle.
Moon after northern standstill
5 days since the previous standstill on 21 August 2068 at 14:51 in ♊ Gemini when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠21.140°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 8 days to face maximum declination of ∠-20.990° at the point of next southern standstill on 5 September 2068 at 09:10 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.
