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 less than 1 day young Moon is in ♌ Leo.
* The exact date and time of this New Moon phase is on 5 August 2081 at 01:24 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 ∠20° of ♌ Leo tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter
Lunar disc is not visible from Earth. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1965" and ∠1892".
Sturgeon Moon after 13 days
Next Full Moon is the Sturgeon Moon of August 2081 after 13 days on 19 August 2081 at 11:15.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Scorpio ♏ on 11 August 2081 at 16:32
- Full Moon in Aquarius ♒ on 19 August 2081 at 11:15
- Last Quarter in Taurus ♉ on 27 August 2081 at 14:08
- New Moon in Virgo ♍ on 3 September 2081 at 09:01
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 1009 / 1962
At 01:24 on this date the Moon completes the old and enters a new synodic month with lunation 1009 of Meeus index or 1962 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.32 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 7 hours and 38 minutes. This is the year's shortest synodic month of 2081. It is 44 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 6 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 1 hour and 3 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠341.4°
The true anomaly is ∠341.4°. At the beginning of the next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠357.1°.
Moon before apogee
11 days after point of apogee on 24 July 2081 at 19:37 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 6 August 2081 at 03:56 in ♌ Leo.
Distance to Moon 364 849 km
The Moon is 364 849 km (226 707 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next day until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 359 262 km (223 235 mi).
Moon before descending node
11 days after ascending node on 24 July 2081 at 18:52 in ♓ Pisces. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following day, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 7 August 2081 at 04:49 in ♍ Virgo.
Draconic month
11 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♓ Pisces, 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 1 August 2081 at 22:18 in ♊ Gemini when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠28.454°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 9 days to face maximum declination of ∠-28.500° at the point of next southern standstill on 14 August 2081 at 14:13 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.
