Waxing
Crescent ♈ Aries
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 ♈ Aries.
* The exact date and time of this New Moon phase is on 21 March 2099 at 22:46 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 ♈ Aries
Moon is passing about ∠8° of ♈ Aries tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter
Lunar disc is not visible from Earth. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1779" and ∠1925".
Pink Moon after 13 days
Next Full Moon is the Pink Moon of April 2099 after 13 days on 5 April 2099 at 08:37.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Cancer ♋ on 29 March 2099 at 17:38
- Full Moon in Libra ♎ on 5 April 2099 at 08:37
- Last Quarter in Capricorn ♑ on 12 April 2099 at 10:47
- New Moon in Aries ♈ on 20 April 2099 at 15:30
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 1227 / 2180
At 22:46 on this date the Moon completes the old and enters a new synodic month with lunation 1227 of Meeus index or 2180 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.7 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 16 hours and 43 minutes. It is 2 hours and 56 minutes longer than the next lunation's length. The lengths of the following synodic months are going to decreasing with the true anomaly getting closer to the value it has at the point of New Moon at perigee (∠0° or ∠360°).
Lunation length longer than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 3 hours and 59 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 3 hours and 4 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠199.5°
The true anomaly is ∠199.5°. At the beginning of the next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠227.5°.
Moon after apogee
2 days after point of apogee on 19 March 2099 at 19:55 in ♓ Pisces. The lunar orbit is getting narrow, while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 12 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 4 April 2099 at 03:23 in ♍ Virgo.
Distance to Moon 402 975 km
The Moon is 402 975 km (250 397 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 12 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 359 339 km (223 283 mi).
Moon in ascending node
Moon is in ascending node in ♈ Aries at 06:44 crossing the ecliptic from South to North to meet descending node 13 days later on 4 April 2099 at 16:08 in ♍ Virgo.
New draconic month
At 06:44 the Moon completes the previous draconic month and enters the new one.
Moon before northern standstill
8 days since the previous standstill on 14 March 2099 at 09:20 in ♑ Capricorn when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-28.667°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 6 days to face maximum declination of ∠28.678° at the point of next northern standstill on 29 March 2099 at 02:47 in ♋ Cancer.
Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy
The Moon is in a New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and thus forming Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy alignment.
