Waxing
Crescent ♍ Virgo
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 7 August 2078 at 19:52 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 ♌ Leo
Moon is passing about ∠25° of ♌ Leo tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter
Lunar disc is not visible from Earth. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1847" and ∠1893".
Sturgeon Moon after 14 days
Next Full Moon is the Sturgeon Moon of August 2078 after 14 days on 23 August 2078 at 08:11.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Scorpio ♏ on 15 August 2078 at 17:34
- Full Moon in Pisces ♓ on 23 August 2078 at 08:11
- Last Quarter in Gemini ♊ on 30 August 2078 at 02:16
- New Moon in Virgo ♍ on 6 September 2078 at 07:59
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 972 / 1925
At 19:52 on this date the Moon completes the old and enters a new synodic month with lunation 972 of Meeus index or 1925 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.5 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 12 hours and 7 minutes. It is 3 hours 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 37 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 5 hours and 32 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠80.3°
The true anomaly is ∠80.3°. At the beginning of the next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠115.1°.
Moon before perigee
7 days after point of perigee on 1 August 2078 at 02:41 in ♉ Taurus. 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 14 August 2078 at 20:09 in ♏ Scorpio.
Distance to Moon 388 078 km
The Moon is 388 078 km (241 140 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next 6 days until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 404 178 km (251 145 mi).
Moon before descending node
7 days after ascending node on 1 August 2078 at 08:13 in ♉ Taurus. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following 6 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 14 August 2078 at 22:47 in ♏ Scorpio.
Draconic month
7 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♉ Taurus, the Moon is navigating from the beginning to the first part of the cycle.
Moon after northern standstill
3 days since the previous standstill on 5 August 2078 at 00:22 in ♋ Cancer when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠27.132°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 10 days to face maximum declination of ∠-27.225° at the point of next southern standstill on 19 August 2078 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.
