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 4 September 2070 at 18:29 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 ♍ Virgo
Moon is passing about ∠9° of ♍ Virgo tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter
Lunar disc is not visible from Earth. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1888" and ∠1903".
Harvest Moon after 15 days
Next Full Moon is the Harvest Moon of September 2070 after 15 days on 20 September 2070 at 07:47.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Sagittarius ♐ on 12 September 2070 at 13:44
- Full Moon in Pisces ♓ on 20 September 2070 at 07:47
- Last Quarter in Cancer ♋ on 27 September 2070 at 04:02
- New Moon in Libra ♎ on 4 October 2070 at 07:01
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 874 / 1827
At 18:29 on this date the Moon completes the old and enters a new synodic month with lunation 874 of Meeus index or 1827 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.52 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 12 hours and 33 minutes. It is 3 hours and 8 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 shorter than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 11 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 5 hours and 58 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠66.1°
The true anomaly is ∠66.1°. At the beginning of the next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠100.2°.
Moon after perigee
4 days after point of perigee on 30 August 2070 at 22:39 in ♊ Gemini. The lunar orbit is getting widen, while the Moon is moving away from the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 8 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on 12 September 2070 at 12:02 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Distance to Moon 379 599 km
The Moon is 379 599 km (235 872 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next 8 days until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 404 226 km (251 174 mi).
Moon before ascending node
10 days after descending node on 25 August 2070 at 10:33 in ♈ Aries. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following 2 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 7 September 2070 at 08:29 in ♎ Libra.
Draconic month
24 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♎ Libra, 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 30 August 2070 at 07:55 in ♊ Gemini when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠18.509°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 8 days to face maximum declination of ∠-18.435° at the point of next southern standstill on 13 September 2070 at 00:50 in ♑ Capricorn.
Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy
The Moon is in a New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and thus forming Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy alignment.
