Waxing
Crescent ♎ Libra
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 ♎ Libra.
* The exact date and time of this New Moon phase is on 22 September 2082 at 10:04 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 is entering ♎ Libra
Moon is passing first ∠1° of ♎ Libra tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter
Lunar disc is not visible from Earth. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1961" and ∠1912".
Hunter Moon after 14 days
Next Full Moon is the Hunter Moon of October 2082 after 14 days on 6 October 2082 at 20:48.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Capricorn ♑ on 29 September 2082 at 00:34
- Full Moon in Aries ♈ on 6 October 2082 at 20:48
- Last Quarter in Cancer ♋ on 14 October 2082 at 23:32
- New Moon in Libra ♎ on 21 October 2082 at 18:50
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 1023 / 1976
At 10:04 on this date the Moon completes the old and enters a new synodic month with lunation 1023 of Meeus index or 1976 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.37 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 8 hours and 47 minutes. It is 42 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 3 hours and 57 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 2 hours and 12 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠342.2°
The true anomaly is ∠342.2°. At the beginning of the next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠358°.
Moon before apogee
11 days after point of apogee on 11 September 2082 at 03:35 in ♉ Taurus. 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 23 September 2082 at 11:21 in ♎ Libra.
Distance to Moon 365 480 km
The Moon is 365 480 km (227 099 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next day until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 358 905 km (223 013 mi).
Moon after descending node
2 days after descending node on 20 September 2082 at 04:04 in ♌ Leo. 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 2 October 2082 at 22:05 in ♒ Aquarius.
Draconic month
16 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♒ Aquarius, the Moon is navigating from the second to the final part of the cycle.
Moon before southern standstill
6 days since the previous standstill on 15 September 2082 at 12:03 in ♊ Gemini when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠27.890°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 5 days to face maximum declination of ∠-27.825° at the point of next southern standstill on 28 September 2082 at 04:25 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.
