Waxing
Crescent ♓ Pisces
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 ♓ Pisces.
* The exact date and time of this New Moon phase is on 22 February 2088 at 11:09 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 ♓ Pisces
Moon is passing first ∠4° of ♓ Pisces tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter
Lunar disc is not visible from Earth. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1859" and ∠1939".
Worm Moon after 13 days
Next Full Moon is the Worm Moon of March 2088 after 13 days on 7 March 2088 at 10:36.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Gemini ♊ on 29 February 2088 at 11:26
- Full Moon in Virgo ♍ on 7 March 2088 at 10:36
- Last Quarter in Sagittarius ♐ on 15 March 2088 at 09:29
- New Moon in Aries ♈ on 23 March 2088 at 00:00
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 1090 / 2043
At 11:09 on this date the Moon completes the old and enters a new synodic month with lunation 1090 of Meeus index or 2043 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.54 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 12 hours and 51 minutes. It is 2 hours and 27 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 7 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 6 hours and 56 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠278.3°
The true anomaly is ∠278.3°. At the beginning of the next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠309.1°.
Moon after apogee
6 days after point of apogee on 15 February 2088 at 13:47 in ♐ Sagittarius. The lunar orbit is getting narrow, while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 7 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 29 February 2088 at 14:18 in ♊ Gemini.
Distance to Moon 385 504 km
The Moon is 385 504 km (239 541 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 7 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 370 217 km (230 042 mi).
Moon before descending node
9 days after ascending node on 13 February 2088 at 04:30 in ♏ Scorpio. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following 4 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 27 February 2088 at 04:19 in ♉ Taurus.
Draconic month
9 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♏ Scorpio, the Moon is navigating from the beginning to the first part of the cycle.
Moon after southern standstill
5 days since the previous standstill on 16 February 2088 at 15:48 in ♐ Sagittarius when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-19.751°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 7 days to face maximum declination of ∠19.628° at the point of next northern standstill on 1 March 2088 at 05:13 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.
