New
Moon ♏ Scorpio
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 13 November 2069 at 22:38 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 passing about ∠17° of ♏ Scorpio tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter
Lunar disc is not visible from Earth. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1768" and ∠1940".
Beaver Moon after 15 days
Next Full Moon is the Beaver Moon of November 2069 after 15 days on 28 November 2069 at 13:46.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Aquarius ♒ on 21 November 2069 at 21:31
- Full Moon in Taurus ♉ on 28 November 2069 at 13:46
- Last Quarter in Virgo ♍ on 5 December 2069 at 12:03
- New Moon in Sagittarius ♐ on 13 December 2069 at 17:38
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 864 / 1817
At 22:38 on this date the Moon completes the old and enters a new synodic month with lunation 864 of Meeus index or 1817 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.79 days
29 days, 19 hours and 1 minute is the length of new lunation 864. This is the year's longest synodic month of 2069. It is 1 hour and 15 minutes longer than next lunation 865 length.
Lunation length longer than mean
Length of current synodic month is 6 hours and 16 minutes longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 47 minutes shorter, compared to 21st century longest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠185.4°
This lunation true anomaly is ∠185.4°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠211.5°. 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 in apogee
Moon is reaching point of apogee on this date at 07:36, this is 13 days after last perigee on 30 October 2069 at 09:15 in ♉ Taurus. Lunar orbit is starting to get closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth for 14 days ahead, until it will get to the point of next perigee on 27 November 2069 at 21:53 in ♉ Taurus.
Distance to Moon 406 514 km
This apogee Moon is 406 514 km (252 596 mi) away from Earth. This is the year's farthest apogee of 2069. It is 1 106 km farther than the mean apogee distance, but it is still 195 km closer than the farthest apogee of 21st century.
Moon after ascending node
1 day after its ascending node on 12 November 2069 at 11:24 in ♏ Scorpio, the Moon is following the northern part of its orbit for the next 12 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from North to South in descending node on 26 November 2069 at 10:32 in ♉ Taurus.
Draconic month
1 day after beginning of current draconic month in ♏ Scorpio, the Moon is moving from the beginning to the first part of it.
Moon before southern standstill
11 days after previous North standstill on 2 November 2069 at 01:44 in ♊ Gemini, when Moon has reached northern declination of ∠19.271°. Next 2 days the lunar orbit moves southward to face South declination of ∠-19.293° in the next southern standstill on 16 November 2069 at 09:59 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.