Waxing
Crescent ♍ Virgo
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 ♍ Virgo.
* The exact date and time of this New Moon phase is on 18 August 2096 at 03:00 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 ♍ Virgo
Moon is passing first ∠1° of ♍ Virgo tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter
Lunar disc is not visible from Earth. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1859" and ∠1896".
Harvest Moon after 15 days
Next Full Moon is the Harvest Moon of September 2096 after 15 days on 2 September 2096 at 15:36.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Scorpio ♏ on 25 August 2096 at 23:56
- Full Moon in Pisces ♓ on 2 September 2096 at 15:36
- Last Quarter in Gemini ♊ on 9 September 2096 at 10:17
- New Moon in Virgo ♍ on 16 September 2096 at 15:10
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 1195 / 2148
At 03:00 on this date the Moon completes the old and enters a new synodic month with lunation 1195 of Meeus index or 2148 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.51 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 12 hours and 10 minutes. It is 3 hours and 8 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 34 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 5 hours and 35 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠76.1°
The true anomaly is ∠76.1°. At the beginning of the next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠110.9°.
Moon after perigee
6 days after point of perigee on 12 August 2096 at 00:11 in ♊ Gemini. The lunar orbit is getting widen, while the Moon is moving away from the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 6 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on 25 August 2096 at 08:09 in ♏ Scorpio.
Distance to Moon 385 534 km
The Moon is 385 534 km (239 560 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next 6 days until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 404 140 km (251 121 mi).
Moon after ascending node
6 days after ascending node on 11 August 2096 at 17:28 in ♉ Taurus. 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 25 August 2096 at 06:52 in ♏ Scorpio.
Draconic month
6 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♉ Taurus, the Moon is navigating from the beginning to the first part of the cycle.
Moon after northern standstill
3 days since the previous standstill on 14 August 2096 at 16:29 in ♋ Cancer when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠26.461°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 10 days to face maximum declination of ∠-26.564° at the point of next southern standstill on 28 August 2096 at 21:09 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.
