New
Moon ♏ 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 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
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 19 hours and 1 minute. This is the year's longest synodic month of 2069. It is 1 hour and 15 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 longer than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 6 hours and 16 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 47 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠185.4°
The true anomaly is ∠185.4°. At the beginning of the next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠211.5°.
Moon at apogee
Moon is at apogee at 07:36. It is 13 days after previous perigee on 30 October 2069 at 09:15 in ♉ Taurus. Lunar orbit is going to narrow while the Moon is moving towards the Earth over the next 14 days, until 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 further 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 ascending node on 12 November 2069 at 11:24 in ♏ Scorpio. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following 12 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 26 November 2069 at 10:32 in ♉ Taurus.
Draconic month
1 day since the beginning of current draconic month in ♏ Scorpio, the Moon is navigating from the beginning to the first part of the cycle.
Moon before southern standstill
11 days since the previous standstill on 2 November 2069 at 01:44 in ♊ Gemini when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠19.271°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 2 days to face maximum declination of ∠-19.293° at the point of next southern standstill on 16 November 2069 at 09:59 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.
