Wednesday May 8, 2024

The New Moon

The moon will officially reach its new moon phase on Wednesday, May 8 at
03:22 UT, which converts to 11:22 p.m. EDT, 8:22 p.m. PDT on Tuesday
evening. At new, our natural satellite will be located between Venus and Jupiter in Aries, and less than 2 degrees north of the sun. While at its new phase, the moon is travelling between Earth and the sun. Since sunlight can only shine on the far side of the moon, and the moon is in the same region
of the sky as the sun, it becomes completely hidden from view from anywhere
on Earth for about a day. After the new moon phase, Earth's natural
satellite will return to shine as a very thin crescent in the western
evening sky.

(Data courtesy of Starry Night)
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