New Moon
New MoonImage credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.(large image)

New Moon in Leo

New Moon on . The illuminated surface of the Moon is 0%. Lunar cycle is 1 day young.

* The exact date and time of this New Moon phase is on 11 August 2075 at 21:10 UTC.

Moonrise and moonset

The moon rises at sunrise and sets at sunset. It's part facing the Earth is completely in shadow.

Moon phases on nearby dates

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Upcoming main moon phases

Main moon phases of the following lunar cycle.

Moon phase and lunation details

Moon in ♌ Leo

Moon is leaving the last ∠3° of ♌ Leo tropical zodiac sector and will enter ♍ Virgo later.

Sturgeon Moon after 13 days

Next Full Moon is the Sturgeon Moon of August 2075 after 13 days on 26 August 2075 at 00:51.

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.

Apparent angular diameter

Lunar disc is not visible from Earth. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1800" and ∠1894".

New lunation 935 / 1888

At 21:11 on this date the Moon completes the old and enters a new synodic month with lunation 935 of Meeus index or lunation 1888 from Brown series.

Synodic month length 29.58 days

The length of the lunation is 29 days, 13 hours and 52 minutes. It is 1 hour and 11 minutes longer than the next lunation's length. The lengths of the following synodic months are going to decrease with the lunar orbit 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 1 hour and 8 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 5 hours and 55 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.

Lunar orbit details for

True anomaly ∠218.9°

The true anomaly of the Moon orbit is ∠218.9° and at the beginning of the next lunar synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠251.8°.

Moon after apogee

4 days since point of apogee on 8 August 2075 at 04:19 in ♋ Cancer the lunar orbit is getting narrow while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 11 days until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 23 August 2075 at 22:14 in ♑ Capricorn.

Distance to Moon 398 185 km

The Moon is 398 185 km (247 421 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 11 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 362 690 km (225 365 mi).

Moon after ascending node

3 days after ascending node on 8 August 2075 at 23:02 in ♋ Cancer the Moon is positioned north of the ecliptic over the following 10 days until the lunar crosses the ecliptic again from North to South in descending node on 22 August 2075 at 16:33 in ♑ Capricorn.

Moon after northern standstill

3 days since the last northern standstill on 8 August 2075 at 18:41 in ♋ Cancer when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠22.688° the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 10 days to face maximum declination of ∠-22.754° at the point of next southern standstill on 22 August 2075 at 13:47 in ♑ Capricorn.

Draconic month

3 days since the beginning of this draconic month in ♋ Cancer the Moon is navigating from the beginning to the first part of the lunar cycle.

Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy

The Moon is in a New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and thus forming Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy alignment.

Lunar calendar

Sources and credits

Parts of this Lunar Calendar are based on Planetary Ephemeris Data Courtesy of Fred Espenak, www.Astropixels.com

Moon phase image credit to NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio, svs.gsfc.nasa.gov