Waxing
Crescent ♎ 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 less than 1 day young Moon is in ♎ Libra.
* The exact date and time of this New Moon phase is on 5 October 2097 at 11:45 UTC.
Moon phases for next 7 days
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Wednesday Wed
Thursday Thu
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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 ♎ Libra
Moon is passing about ∠13° of ♎ Libra tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter
Lunar disc is not visible from Earth. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1866" and ∠1920".
Hunter Moon after 15 days
Next Full Moon is the Hunter Moon of October 2097 after 15 days on 21 October 2097 at 01:23.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Capricorn ♑ on 13 October 2097 at 09:35
- Full Moon in Aries ♈ on 21 October 2097 at 01:23
- Last Quarter in Cancer ♋ on 27 October 2097 at 19:56
- New Moon in Scorpio ♏ on 4 November 2097 at 02:08
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 1209 / 2162
At 11:45 on this date the Moon completes the old and enters a new synodic month with lunation 1209 of Meeus index or 2162 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.6 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 14 hours and 23 minutes. It is 2 hours and 55 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 1 hour and 39 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 5 hours and 24 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠76.4°
The true anomaly is ∠76.4°. At the beginning of the next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠112.4°.
Moon after perigee
6 days after point of perigee on 29 September 2097 at 06:20 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 7 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on 12 October 2097 at 16:09 in ♑ Capricorn.
Distance to Moon 384 056 km
The Moon is 384 056 km (238 641 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next 7 days until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 404 378 km (251 269 mi).
Moon before descending node
11 days after ascending node on 24 September 2097 at 02:09 in ♉ Taurus. 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 7 October 2097 at 00:55 in ♏ Scorpio.
Draconic month
11 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 before southern standstill
6 days since the previous standstill on 28 September 2097 at 13:01 in ♊ Gemini when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠27.911°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 6 days to face maximum declination of ∠-27.965° at the point of next southern standstill on 12 October 2097 at 03:02 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.
