New
Moon* ♏ Scorpio
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 ♏ Scorpio.
* The exact date and time of this New Moon phase is on 1 November 2081 at 03:04 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 is entering ♏ Scorpio
Moon is passing first ∠0° of ♏ Scorpio tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter
Lunar disc is not visible from Earth. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1952" and ∠1933".
Beaver Moon after 16 days
Next Full Moon is the Beaver Moon of November 2081 after 16 days on 16 November 2081 at 13:19.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Scorpio ♏ on 1 November 2081 at 03:04
- First Quarter in Aquarius ♒ on 8 November 2081 at 09:40
- Full Moon in Taurus ♉ on 16 November 2081 at 13:19
- Last Quarter in Leo ♌ on 23 November 2081 at 19:49
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 1011 / 1964
At 17:23 on this date the Moon completes the old and enters a new synodic month with lunation 1011 of Meeus index or 1964 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.4 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 9 hours and 41 minutes. It is 1 hour and 51 minutes 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 3 hours and 3 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 3 hours and 6 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠12.5°
The true anomaly is ∠12.5°. At the beginning of the next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠29.7°.
Moon after perigee
1 day after point of perigee on 30 October 2081 at 07:55 in ♎ Libra. The lunar orbit is getting widen, while the Moon is moving away from the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 10 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on 11 November 2081 at 04:54 in ♓ Pisces.
Distance to Moon 367 238 km
The Moon is 367 238 km (228 191 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next 10 days until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 404 868 km (251 573 mi).
Moon after descending node
3 days after descending node on 28 October 2081 at 09:25 in ♍ Virgo. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following 10 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 10 November 2081 at 15:13 in ♓ Pisces.
Draconic month
17 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 before southern standstill
8 days since the previous standstill on 22 October 2081 at 20:04 in ♊ Gemini when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠28.369°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 4 days to face maximum declination of ∠-28.291° at the point of next southern standstill on 4 November 2081 at 12:34 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.
