New
Moon* ♌ Leo
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 ♌ Leo.
* The exact date and time of this New Moon phase is on 14 August 2072 at 01:21 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 ♌ Leo
Moon is passing about ∠14° of ♌ Leo tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter
Lunar disc is not visible from Earth. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1964" and ∠1894".
Sturgeon Moon after 15 days
Next Full Moon is the Sturgeon Moon of August 2072 after 15 days on 28 August 2072 at 15:59.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Leo ♌ on 14 August 2072 at 01:21
- First Quarter in Scorpio ♏ on 20 August 2072 at 17:20
- Full Moon in Pisces ♓ on 28 August 2072 at 15:59
- Last Quarter in Gemini ♊ on 5 September 2072 at 16:19
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 897 / 1850
At 17:56 on this date the Moon completes the old and enters a new synodic month with lunation 897 of Meeus index or 1850 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.31 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 7 hours and 25 minutes. This is the year's shortest synodic month of 2072. It is 21 minutes shorter 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 shorter than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 5 hours and 19 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 50 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠333.8°
The true anomaly is ∠333.8°. At the beginning of the next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠350.4°.
Moon before apogee
11 days after point of apogee on 1 August 2072 at 19:10 in ♓ Pisces. The lunar orbit is getting narrow, while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next day, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 14 August 2072 at 14:59 in ♌ Leo.
Distance to Moon 364 935 km
The Moon is 364 935 km (226 760 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next day until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 357 834 km (222 348 mi).
Moon before ascending node
11 days after descending node on 1 August 2072 at 17:10 in ♓ Pisces. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following day, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 15 August 2072 at 05:10 in ♍ Virgo.
Draconic month
25 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♍ Virgo, the Moon is navigating from the second to the final part of the cycle.
Moon after northern standstill
2 days since the previous standstill on 10 August 2072 at 21:36 in ♊ Gemini when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠18.592°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 10 days to face maximum declination of ∠-18.564° at the point of next southern standstill on 23 August 2072 at 14:36 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.
