Waxing
Crescent ♑ Capricorn
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 ♐ Sagittarius.
* The exact date and time of this New Moon phase is on 10 December 2091 at 13:54 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 ♐ Sagittarius
Moon is passing about ∠18° of ♐ Sagittarius tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter
Lunar disc is not visible from Earth. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1956" and ∠1949".
Cold Moon after 15 days
Next Full Moon is the Cold Moon of December 2091 after 15 days on 25 December 2091 at 21:59.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Pisces ♓ on 17 December 2091 at 17:29
- Full Moon in Gemini ♊ on 25 December 2091 at 21:59
- Last Quarter in Libra ♎ on 2 January 2092 at 09:07
- New Moon in Capricorn ♑ on 9 January 2092 at 01:37
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 1137 / 2090
At 13:54 on this date the Moon completes the old and enters a new synodic month with lunation 1137 of Meeus index or 2090 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.49 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 11 hours and 43 minutes. It is 1 hour and 43 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 1 hour and 1 minute shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 5 hours and 8 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠20.8°
The true anomaly is ∠20.8°. At the beginning of the next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠40.9°.
Moon after perigee
1 day after point of perigee on 9 December 2091 at 08:19 in ♐ Sagittarius. The lunar orbit is getting widen, while the Moon is moving away from the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 10 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on 21 December 2091 at 10:59 in ♉ Taurus.
Distance to Moon 366 381 km
The Moon is 366 381 km (227 659 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next 10 days until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 405 544 km (251 993 mi).
Moon before descending node
7 days after ascending node on 2 December 2091 at 18:52 in ♌ Leo. 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 15 December 2091 at 07:03 in ♒ Aquarius.
Draconic month
7 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♌ Leo, the Moon is navigating from the beginning to the first part of the cycle.
Moon before southern standstill
11 days since the previous standstill on 28 November 2091 at 22:15 in ♋ Cancer when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠19.417°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next day to face maximum declination of ∠-19.452° at the point of next southern standstill on 11 December 2091 at 21:10 in ♑ Capricorn.
Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy
The Moon is in a New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and thus forming Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy alignment.
