Waxing
Crescent ♊ Gemini
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 ♉ Taurus.
* The exact date and time of this New Moon phase is on 9 May 2100 at 08:54 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 in ♉ Taurus
Moon is passing about ∠20° of ♉ Taurus tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter
Lunar disc is not visible from Earth. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1776" and ∠1900".
Flower Moon after 14 days
Next Full Moon is the Flower Moon of May 2100 after 14 days on 23 May 2100 at 17:25.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Leo ♌ on 17 May 2100 at 02:42
- Full Moon in Scorpio ♏ on 23 May 2100 at 17:25
- Last Quarter in Pisces ♓ on 30 May 2100 at 19:35
- New Moon in Gemini ♊ on 7 June 2100 at 23:31
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 1241 / 2194
At 08:54 on this date the Moon completes the old and enters a new synodic month with lunation 1241 of Meeus index or 2194 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.61 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 14 hours and 38 minutes. It is 2 hours and 3 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 1 hour and 54 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 5 hours and 9 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠200.1°
The true anomaly is ∠200.1°. 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 7 May 2100 at 05:13 in ♈ Aries. 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 22 May 2100 at 11:04 in ♏ Scorpio.
Distance to Moon 403 591 km
The Moon is 403 591 km (250 780 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 12 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 359 498 km (223 382 mi).
Moon after ascending node
5 days after ascending node on 4 May 2100 at 01:19 in ♓ Pisces. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following 8 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 18 May 2100 at 10:11 in ♍ Virgo.
Draconic month
5 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♓ Pisces, the Moon is navigating from the beginning to the first part of the cycle.
Moon before northern standstill
11 days since the previous standstill on 28 April 2100 at 00:08 in ♑ Capricorn when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-28.374°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 3 days to face maximum declination of ∠28.277° at the point of next northern standstill on 12 May 2100 at 13:36 in ♊ Gemini.
Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy
The Moon is in a New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and thus forming Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy alignment.
