Waxing
Crescent ♈ Aries
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 ♓ Pisces.
* The exact date and time of this New Moon phase is on 10 March 2081 at 15:16 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 ♓ Pisces
Moon is passing about ∠19° of ♓ Pisces tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter
Lunar disc is not visible from Earth. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1775" and ∠1931".
Worm Moon after 14 days
Next Full Moon is the Worm Moon of March 2081 after 14 days on 25 March 2081 at 00:29.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Gemini ♊ on 18 March 2081 at 09:27
- Full Moon in Libra ♎ on 25 March 2081 at 00:29
- Last Quarter in Capricorn ♑ on 1 April 2081 at 03:35
- New Moon in Aries ♈ on 9 April 2081 at 08:15
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 1004 / 1957
At 15:17 on this date the Moon completes the old and enters a new synodic month with lunation 1004 of Meeus index or 1957 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.71 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 16 hours and 58 minutes. It is 3 hours and 4 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 4 hours and 14 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 2 hours and 49 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠202.2°
The true anomaly is ∠202.2°. At the beginning of the next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠231.2°.
Moon after apogee
2 days after point of apogee on 8 March 2081 at 06:10 in ♒ Aquarius. The lunar orbit is getting narrow, while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 13 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 23 March 2081 at 16:38 in ♍ Virgo.
Distance to Moon 403 849 km
The Moon is 403 849 km (250 940 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 13 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 359 723 km (223 522 mi).
Moon in ascending node
Moon is in ascending node in ♓ Pisces at 22:30 crossing the ecliptic from South to North to meet descending node 13 days later on 24 March 2081 at 07:17 in ♍ Virgo.
New draconic month
At 22:30 the Moon completes the previous draconic month and enters the new one.
Moon after southern standstill
6 days since the previous standstill on 3 March 2081 at 19:02 in ♐ Sagittarius when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-28.668°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 7 days to face maximum declination of ∠28.673° at the point of next northern standstill on 18 March 2081 at 10:34 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.
