New
Moon* ♎ 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 1 day young Moon is in ♎ Libra.
* The exact date and time of this New Moon phase is on 4 October 2089 at 01:15 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 ∠4° of ♎ Libra tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter
Lunar disc is not visible from Earth. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1939" and ∠1918".
Hunter Moon after 16 days
Next Full Moon is the Hunter Moon of October 2089 after 16 days on 19 October 2089 at 13:04.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Libra ♎ on 4 October 2089 at 01:15
- First Quarter in Capricorn ♑ on 11 October 2089 at 11:22
- Full Moon in Aries ♈ on 19 October 2089 at 13:04
- Last Quarter in Cancer ♋ on 26 October 2089 at 16:06
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 1109 / 2062
At 15:58 on this date the Moon completes the old and enters a new synodic month with lunation 1109 of Meeus index or 2062 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.39 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 9 hours and 17 minutes. It is 2 hours and 23 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 shorter than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 3 hours and 27 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 2 hours and 42 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠19.1°
The true anomaly is ∠19.1°. At the beginning of the next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠38.1°.
Moon after perigee
1 day after point of perigee on 1 October 2089 at 16:29 in ♌ Leo. The lunar orbit is getting widen, while the Moon is moving away from the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 9 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on 13 October 2089 at 11:47 in ♒ Aquarius.
Distance to Moon 369 756 km
The Moon is 369 756 km (229 756 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next 9 days until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 404 603 km (251 409 mi).
Moon in ascending node
Moon is in ascending node in ♎ Libra at 21:22 crossing the ecliptic from South to North to meet descending node 14 days later on 18 October 2089 at 03:46 in ♈ Aries.
New draconic month
At 21:22 the Moon completes the previous draconic month and enters the new one.
Moon before southern standstill
6 days since the previous standstill on 26 September 2089 at 20:57 in ♊ Gemini when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠18.219°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 6 days to face maximum declination of ∠-18.220° at the point of next southern standstill on 9 October 2089 at 17:53 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.
