Waxing
Crescent ♒ Aquarius
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 ♑ Capricorn.
* The exact date and time of this New Moon phase is on 31 December 2089 at 19:57 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 in ♑ Capricorn
Moon is passing about ∠19° of ♑ Capricorn tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter
Lunar disc is not visible from Earth. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1788" and ∠1951".
Wolf Moon after 14 days
Next Full Moon is the Wolf Moon of January 2090 after 14 days on 16 January 2090 at 03:02.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Aries ♈ on 9 January 2090 at 01:21
- Full Moon in Cancer ♋ on 16 January 2090 at 03:02
- Last Quarter in Libra ♎ on 22 January 2090 at 18:38
- New Moon in Aquarius ♒ on 30 January 2090 at 14:34
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 1113 / 2066
At 19:57 on this date the Moon completes the old and enters a new synodic month with lunation 1113 of Meeus index or 2066 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.78 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 18 hours and 37 minutes. It is 35 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 5 hours and 53 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 1 hour and 10 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠135.1°
The true anomaly is ∠135.1°. At the beginning of the next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠163.9°.
Moon before perigee
12 days after point of perigee on 19 December 2089 at 22:47 in ♋ Cancer. The lunar orbit is getting widen, while the Moon is moving away from the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 3 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on 4 January 2090 at 23:25 in ♒ Aquarius.
Distance to Moon 400 960 km
The Moon is 400 960 km (249 145 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next 3 days until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 405 730 km (252 109 mi).
Moon before descending node
8 days after ascending node on 24 December 2089 at 10:45 in ♎ Libra. 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 7 January 2090 at 17:09 in ♓ Pisces.
Draconic month
8 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 after southern standstill
1 day since the previous standstill on 30 December 2089 at 21:23 in ♐ Sagittarius when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-18.450°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 12 days to face maximum declination of ∠18.390° at the point of next northern standstill on 14 January 2090 at 07:41 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.
