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 21 November 2071 at 18:59 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 ∠4° 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 ∠1839" and ∠1943".
Cold Moon after 15 days
Next Full Moon is the Cold Moon of December 2071 after 15 days on 7 December 2071 at 06:57.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Pisces ♓ on 29 November 2071 at 21:06
- Full Moon in Gemini ♊ on 7 December 2071 at 06:57
- Last Quarter in Virgo ♍ on 13 December 2071 at 22:57
- New Moon in Sagittarius ♐ on 21 December 2071 at 11:47
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 889 / 1842
At 18:59 on this date the Moon completes the old and enters a new synodic month with lunation 889 of Meeus index or 1842 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.7 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 16 hours and 47 minutes. It is 2 hours and 1 minute 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 4 hours and 3 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 3 hours shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠102.9°
The true anomaly is ∠102.9°. At the beginning of the next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠138.1°.
Moon before perigee
9 days after point of perigee on 12 November 2071 at 01:07 in ♋ Cancer. 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 27 November 2071 at 16:12 in ♒ Aquarius.
Distance to Moon 389 815 km
The Moon is 389 815 km (242 220 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next 6 days until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 404 865 km (251 571 mi).
Moon after ascending node
4 days after ascending node on 17 November 2071 at 01:15 in ♍ Virgo. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following 9 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 1 December 2071 at 07:18 in ♓ Pisces.
Draconic month
4 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♍ Virgo, the Moon is navigating from the beginning to the first part of the cycle.
Moon before southern standstill
10 days since the previous standstill on 11 November 2071 at 00:34 in ♋ Cancer when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠18.336°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 2 days to face maximum declination of ∠-18.413° at the point of next southern standstill on 24 November 2071 at 07:52 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.
