New
Moon ♐ Sagittarius
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 ♏ Scorpio.
* The exact date and time of this New Moon phase is on 24 November 2068 at 21:42 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 in ♏ Scorpio
Moon is leaving the last ∠2° of ♏ Scorpio tropical zodiac sector and will enter ♐ Sagittarius later.
Apparent angular diameter
Lunar disc is not visible from Earth. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1807" and ∠1944".
Cold Moon after 14 days
Next Full Moon is the Cold Moon of December 2068 after 14 days on 8 December 2068 at 23:42.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Pisces ♓ on 2 December 2068 at 05:21
- Full Moon in Gemini ♊ on 8 December 2068 at 23:42
- Last Quarter in Virgo ♍ on 16 December 2068 at 14:11
- New Moon in Sagittarius ♐ on 24 December 2068 at 13:44
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 852 / 1805
At 21:42 on this date the Moon completes the old and enters a new synodic month with lunation 852 of Meeus index or 1805 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.67 days
29 days, 16 hours and 2 minutes is the length of new lunation 852. It is 2 hours and 10 minutes longer than next lunation 853 length.
Lunation length longer than mean
Length of current synodic month is 3 hours and 18 minutes longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 3 hours and 45 minutes shorter, compared to 21st century longest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠241.5°
This lunation true anomaly is ∠241.5°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠279.4°. The length of upcoming synodic months will keep decreasing since the true anomaly gets closer to the value of New Moon at point of perigee (∠0° or ∠360°).
Moon after apogee
4 days after point of apogee on 19 November 2068 at 19:10 in ♍ Virgo. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 11 days, until it get to the point of next perigee on 5 December 2068 at 19:40 in ♈ Aries.
Distance to Moon 396 760 km
Moon is 396 760 km (246 535 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next 11 days until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 366 315 km (227 618 mi).
Moon in ascending node
Moon is in ascending node in ♏ Scorpio at 01:37 on this date, it crosses the ecliptic from South to North. Moon will follow the northern part of its orbit for the next 12 days to meet descending node on 7 December 2068 at 05:58 in ♉ Taurus.
New draconic month
At 01:37 on this date the Moon is completing its previous draconic month and is entering the new one.
Moon before southern standstill
12 days after previous North standstill on 11 November 2068 at 15:07 in ♊ Gemini, when Moon has reached northern declination of ∠20.651°. Next day the lunar orbit moves southward to face South declination of ∠-20.658° in the next southern standstill on 26 November 2068 at 02:57 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy
The Moon is in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun on this date and this alignment forms Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.