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Moon ♍ Virgo
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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 ♌ Leo.
* The exact date and time of this New Moon phase is on 16 August 2069 at 22:03 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 in ♌ Leo
Moon is passing about ∠19° of ♌ Leo tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter
Lunar disc is not visible from Earth. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1847" and ∠1895".
Harvest Moon after 15 days
Next Full Moon is the Harvest Moon of September 2069 after 15 days on 1 September 2069 at 09:06.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Scorpio ♏ on 24 August 2069 at 23:17
- Full Moon in Pisces ♓ on 1 September 2069 at 09:06
- Last Quarter in Gemini ♊ on 8 September 2069 at 01:22
- New Moon in Virgo ♍ on 15 September 2069 at 11:35
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 861 / 1814
At 22:03 on this date the Moon completes the old and enters a new synodic month with lunation 861 of Meeus index or 1814 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.56 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 13 hours and 32 minutes. It is 2 hours and 56 minutes shorter than the next lunation's length. The lengths of the following synodic months are going to increasing with the true anomaly getting closer to the value it has at the point of New Moon at apogee (∠180°).
Lunation length longer than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 48 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 6 hours and 15 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠99.7°
The true anomaly is ∠99.7°. At the beginning of the next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠133.4°.
Moon before perigee
8 days after point of perigee on 7 August 2069 at 17:00 in ♈ Aries. The lunar orbit is getting widen, while the Moon is moving away from the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 6 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on 22 August 2069 at 23:32 in ♏ Scorpio.
Distance to Moon 388 113 km
The Moon is 388 113 km (241 162 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next 6 days until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 404 552 km (251 377 mi).
Moon before ascending node
7 days after descending node on 9 August 2069 at 03:46 in ♉ Taurus. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following 6 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 22 August 2069 at 19:50 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
4 days since the previous standstill on 12 August 2069 at 05:16 in ♊ Gemini when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠19.686°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 10 days to face maximum declination of ∠-19.563° at the point of next southern standstill on 26 August 2069 at 12:58 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.
