New
Moon ♈ Aries
Moon phase for
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New Moon
New Moon is the lunar phase on . Surface of the Moon disc is not illuminated. The 1 day young Moon is in ♈ Aries.
* The exact date and time of this New Moon phase is on 9 April 2100 at 16:16 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 ∠18° of ♈ Aries tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter
Lunar disc is not visible from Earth. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1768" and ∠1915".
Pink Moon after 14 days
Next Full Moon is the Pink Moon of April 2100 after 14 days on 24 April 2100 at 09:43.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Cancer ♋ on 17 April 2100 at 16:42
- Full Moon in Scorpio ♏ on 24 April 2100 at 09:43
- Last Quarter in Aquarius ♒ on 1 May 2100 at 05:01
- New Moon in Taurus ♉ on 9 May 2100 at 08:54
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 1240 / 2193
At 16:16 on this date the Moon completes the old and enters a new synodic month with lunation 1240 of Meeus index or 2193 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.69 days
29 days, 16 hours and 37 minutes is the length of new lunation 1240. It is 1 hour and 59 minutes longer than next lunation 1241 length.
Lunation length longer than mean
Length of current synodic month is 3 hours and 53 minutes longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 3 hours and 10 minutes shorter, compared to 21st century longest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠176.6°
This lunation true anomaly is ∠176.6°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠200.1°. The length of upcoming synodic months will keep decreasing since the true anomaly gets closer to the value of New Moon at point of perigee (∠0° or ∠360°).
Moon before apogee
13 days after point of perigee on 26 March 2100 at 14:59 in ♎ Libra. The lunar orbit is getting wider, while the Moon is moving outward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next day, until it get to the point of next apogee on 10 April 2100 at 01:45 in ♈ Aries.
Distance to Moon 405 388 km
Moon is 405 388 km (251 896 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves farther next day until apogee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 406 566 km (252 628 mi).
Moon after ascending node
2 days after its ascending node on 6 April 2100 at 22:10 in ♓ Pisces, the Moon is following the northern part of its orbit for the next 11 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from North to South in descending node on 21 April 2100 at 05:33 in ♍ Virgo.
Draconic month
2 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♓ Pisces, the Moon is moving from the beginning to the first part of it.
Moon before northern standstill
8 days after previous South standstill on 31 March 2100 at 15:42 in ♐ Sagittarius, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-28.525°. Next 5 days the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠28.446° in the next northern standstill on 15 April 2100 at 08:21 in ♊ Gemini.
Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy
The Moon is in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun on this date and this alignment forms Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.