New Moon April 2023
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New Moon is the lunar phase on
20 April 2023, Thursday. 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 20 April 2023 at 04:12 UTC. Previous date |
Moon Today | Next date Moon phases for next 7 daysFriday Fri Saturday Sat Sunday Sun Monday Mon Tuesday Tue Wednesday Wed Thursday Thu 7 days ago | 7 days after Moon phase and lunation detailsMoon rises at sunrise and sets at sunset. It's part facing the Earth is completely in shadow. Moon is passing first ∠4° of
♉ Taurus tropical zodiac sector. Lunar disc is not visible from Earth. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1884" and ∠1910". Next Full Moon is the Flower Moon of May 2023 after 15 days on 5 May 2023 at 17:34. Spring tideThere 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 288 / 1241At 04:12 on this date the Moon completes the old and enters a new synodic month with lunation 288 of Meeus index or 1241 from Brown series. PreviousNext Synodic month length 29.49 daysThe length of the lunation is 29 days, 11 hours and 41 minutes. It is 1 hour and 3 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 meanThe length of the current synodic month is 1 hour and 3 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 5 hours and 6 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length. Lunar orbit position on 20 April 2023 Thursday 12:00 UTCThe true anomaly is ∠59.2°. At the beginning of the next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠92.6°. 4 days after point of perigee on 16 April 2023 at 02:22 in ♓ Pisces. 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
28 April 2023 at 06:43 in ♌ Leo. Previous perigeeNext apogee The Moon is 380 468 km (236 412 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next 7 days until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 404 300 km (251 220 mi). Moon in ascending nodeMoon is in ascending node in ♉ Taurus at 11:32 crossing the ecliptic from South to North to meet descending node 14 days later on 4 May 2023 at 21:57 in ♎ Libra. Previous nodeNext node New draconic monthAt 11:32 the Moon completes the previous draconic month and enters the new one. PreviousNext Moon before northern standstill8 days since the previous standstill on 12 April 2023 at 03:15 in ♑ Capricorn when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-27.947°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 4 days to face maximum declination of ∠27.957° at the point of next northern standstill on 25 April 2023 at 05:53 in ♋ Cancer. Previous standstillNext standstill Sun-Moon-Earth syzygyThe Moon is in a New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and thus forming Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy alignment. Previous syzygyNext syzygy What is the New Moon schedule for 2023?What are the 2023 New Moon Dates?. What day is the New Moon in April?Moon phase calendar for 2022. What was the Moon phase on April 1 2023?The current moon phase for April 1st, 2023 is the Waxing Gibbous phase. On this day, the moon is 10.91 days old and 80.86% illuminated with a tilt of 163.144°. The approximate distance from Earth to the moon is 404,227.82 km and the moon sign is Leo. The Moon phase for April 1st, 2023 is a Waxing Gibbous phase.
When Full Moon in April may of 2023?April 2023 Moon Details
The Full Moon for this month will occur early in the month on Thursday, April 6th.
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