New
Moon ♊ Gemini
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 ♉ Taurus.
* The exact date and time of this New Moon phase is on 16 May 2083 at 18:14 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 ♉ Taurus
Moon is passing about ∠23° of ♉ Taurus tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter
Lunar disc is not visible from Earth. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1768" and ∠1897".
Flower Moon after 14 days
Next Full Moon is the Flower Moon of May 2083 after 14 days on 31 May 2083 at 09:42.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Leo ♌ on 24 May 2083 at 18:11
- Full Moon in Sagittarius ♐ on 31 May 2083 at 09:42
- Last Quarter in Pisces ♓ on 7 June 2083 at 06:29
- New Moon in Gemini ♊ on 15 June 2083 at 09:37
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 1031 / 1984
At 18:14 on this date the Moon completes the old and enters a new synodic month with lunation 1031 of Meeus index or 1984 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.64 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 15 hours and 24 minutes. It is 1 hour and 7 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 2 hours and 40 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 4 hours and 23 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠180.3°
The true anomaly is ∠180.3°. At the beginning of the next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠203.8°.
Moon at apogee
Moon is at apogee at 17:26. It is 14 days after previous perigee on 2 May 2083 at 12:57 in ♏ Scorpio. Lunar orbit is going to narrow while the Moon is moving towards the Earth over the next 14 days, until point of next perigee on 30 May 2083 at 23:07 in ♏ Scorpio.
Distance to Moon 406 663 km
This apogee Moon is 406 663 km (252 689 mi) away from Earth. This is the year's farthest apogee of 2083. It is 1 255 km further than the mean apogee distance, but it is still 46 km closer than the farthest apogee of 21st century.
Moon before descending node
8 days after ascending node on 8 May 2083 at 08:03 in ♒ Aquarius. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following 6 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 22 May 2083 at 23:17 in ♌ Leo.
Draconic month
8 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♒ Aquarius, the Moon is navigating from the beginning to the first part of the cycle.
Moon before northern standstill
11 days since the previous standstill on 4 May 2083 at 19:46 in ♐ Sagittarius when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-27.010°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 2 days to face maximum declination of ∠26.923° at the point of next northern standstill on 19 May 2083 at 00:24 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.
