New
Moon ♒ Aquarius
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 ♒ Aquarius.
* The exact date and time of this New Moon phase is on 8 February 2081 at 20:17 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 ♒ Aquarius
Moon is passing about ∠17° of ♒ Aquarius tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter
Lunar disc is not visible from Earth. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1768" and ∠1945".
Snow Moon after 15 days
Next Full Moon is the Snow Moon of February 2081 after 15 days on 23 February 2081 at 14:27.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Taurus ♉ on 16 February 2081 at 21:59
- Full Moon in Leo ♌ on 23 February 2081 at 14:27
- Last Quarter in Sagittarius ♐ on 2 March 2081 at 11:06
- New Moon in Pisces ♓ on 10 March 2081 at 15:16
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 1003 / 1956
At 20:17 on this date the Moon completes the old and enters a new synodic month with lunation 1003 of Meeus index or 1956 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.79 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 19 hours and 1 minute. It is 2 hours and 2 minutes longer 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 longer than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 6 hours and 16 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 47 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠177.5°
The true anomaly is ∠177.5°. At the beginning of the next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠202.2°.
Moon before perigee
13 days after point of perigee on 25 January 2081 at 17:17 in ♌ Leo. The lunar orbit is getting widen, while the Moon is moving away from the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next day, until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on 9 February 2081 at 03:24 in ♒ Aquarius.
Distance to Moon 405 323 km
The Moon is 405 323 km (251 856 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next day until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 406 582 km (252 638 mi).
Moon before ascending node
11 days after descending node on 28 January 2081 at 10:41 in ♍ Virgo. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following 3 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 11 February 2081 at 16:49 in ♓ Pisces.
Draconic month
23 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♓ Pisces, the Moon is navigating from the second to the final part of the cycle.
Moon after southern standstill
3 days since the previous standstill on 4 February 2081 at 13:10 in ♐ Sagittarius when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-28.557°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 10 days to face maximum declination of ∠28.630° at the point of next northern standstill on 19 February 2081 at 03:19 in ♊ Gemini.
Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy
The Moon is in a New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and thus forming Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy alignment.
