Waxing
Crescent ♈ Aries
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 12 March 2089 at 08:24 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 ♓ Pisces
Moon is passing about ∠24° of ♓ Pisces tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter
Lunar disc is not visible from Earth. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1821" and ∠1930".
Worm Moon after 13 days
Next Full Moon is the Worm Moon of March 2089 after 13 days on 26 March 2089 at 09:20.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Gemini ♊ on 19 March 2089 at 15:30
- Full Moon in Libra ♎ on 26 March 2089 at 09:20
- Last Quarter in Capricorn ♑ on 3 April 2089 at 00:36
- New Moon in Aries ♈ on 10 April 2089 at 22:45
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 1103 / 2056
At 08:24 on this date the Moon completes the old and enters a new synodic month with lunation 1103 of Meeus index or 2056 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.6 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 14 hours and 22 minutes. It is 3 hours and 4 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 1 hour and 38 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 5 hours and 25 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠244.3°
The true anomaly is ∠244.3°. At the beginning of the next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠280.3°.
Moon after apogee
5 days after point of apogee on 7 March 2089 at 02:34 in ♑ Capricorn. The lunar orbit is getting narrow, while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 10 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 23 March 2089 at 00:07 in ♌ Leo.
Distance to Moon 393 716 km
The Moon is 393 716 km (244 644 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 10 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 366 668 km (227 837 mi).
Moon before descending node
12 days after ascending node on 27 February 2089 at 20:38 in ♎ Libra. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following day, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 14 March 2089 at 09:03 in ♈ Aries.
Draconic month
12 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♎ Libra, the Moon is navigating from the beginning to the first part of the cycle.
Moon before northern standstill
7 days since the previous standstill on 5 March 2089 at 03:03 in ♐ Sagittarius when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-18.545°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 6 days to face maximum declination of ∠18.481° at the point of next northern standstill on 19 March 2089 at 08:14 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.
