New
Moon ♎ Libra
Moon phase for
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New Moon
New Moon is the lunar phase on . Surface of the Moon disc is not illuminated. The 1 day young Moon is in ♎ Libra.
* The exact date and time of this New Moon phase is on 26 September 2087 at 18:47 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 ♎ Libra
Moon is passing first ∠0° of ♎ Libra tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter
Lunar disc is not visible from Earth. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1808" and ∠1914".
Hunter Moon after 15 days
Next Full Moon is the Hunter Moon of October 2087 after 15 days on 12 October 2087 at 02:14.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Capricorn ♑ on 4 October 2087 at 23:32
- Full Moon in Aries ♈ on 12 October 2087 at 02:14
- Last Quarter in Cancer ♋ on 18 October 2087 at 17:27
- New Moon in Scorpio ♏ on 26 October 2087 at 11:29
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 1085 / 2038
At 18:47 on this date the Moon completes the old and enters a new synodic month with lunation 1085 of Meeus index or 2038 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.7 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 16 hours and 43 minutes. It is 2 hours and 11 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 longer than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 3 hours and 59 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 3 hours and 4 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠129.7°
The true anomaly is ∠129.7°. At the beginning of the next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠158.4°.
Moon before perigee
11 days after point of perigee on 15 September 2087 at 08:02 in ♈ Aries. The lunar orbit is getting widen, while the Moon is moving away from the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 4 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on 1 October 2087 at 05:52 in ♏ Scorpio.
Distance to Moon 396 543 km
The Moon is 396 543 km (246 400 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next 4 days until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 405 480 km (251 954 mi).
Moon before ascending node
9 days after descending node on 16 September 2087 at 15:01 in ♉ Taurus. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following 3 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 30 September 2087 at 07:30 in ♏ Scorpio.
Draconic month
23 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♏ Scorpio, the Moon is navigating from the second to the final part of the cycle.
Moon before southern standstill
7 days since the previous standstill on 18 September 2087 at 21:42 in ♊ Gemini when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠20.239°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 6 days to face maximum declination of ∠-20.134° at the point of next southern standstill on 3 October 2087 at 03:05 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.
