The phase of the Moon in which the side facing Earth is dark and unilluminated.
New moons occur when the Moon is between the Earth and Sun. The new moon reaches its highest
altitude at noon.
New moons occur on Julian days
where n is an integer. The lunation number is defined such that lunation n = 1 corresponds to the new moon
that occurred in 1923. The date of the new moon closest to a given date can be found using
New Moon[neardate] in the Mathematica application package Scientific Astronomer, which returns a results accurate to within about three minutes.
The following table gives the dates and times (in UT) for new moons in 2001-2004 computed
using Scientific Astronomer.
| Lunation |
2001 Date (UT) |
Lunation |
2002 Date (UT) |
Lunation |
2003 Date (UT) |
Lunation |
2003 Date (UT) |
| 966 |
2001-01-24 13:07 |
978 |
2002-01-13 13:29 |
990 |
2003-01-02 20:23 |
1003 |
2004-01-21 21:06 |
| 967 |
2001-02-23 08:21 |
979 |
2002-02-12 07:42 |
991 |
2003-02-01 10:48 |
1004 |
2004-02-20 09:19 |
| 968 |
2001-03-25 01:23 |
980 |
2002-03-14 02:04 |
992 |
2003-03-03 02:36 |
1005 |
2004-03-20 22:41 |
| 969 |
2001-04-23 15:28 |
981 |
2002-04-12 19:22 |
993 |
2003-04-01 19:19 |
1006 |
2004-04-19 13:21 |
| 970 |
2001-05-23 02:47 |
982 |
2002-05-12 10:45 |
994 |
2003-05-01 12:14 |
1007 |
2004-05-19 04:52 |
| 971 |
2001-06-21 11:58 |
983 |
2002-06-10 23:47 |
995 |
2003-05-31 04:18 |
1008 |
2004-06-17 20:27 |
| 972 |
2001-07-20 19:45 |
984 |
2002-07-10 10:27 |
996 |
2003-06-29 18:38 |
1009 |
2004-07-17 11:23 |
| 973 |
2001-08-19 02:55 |
985 |
2002-08-08 19:15 |
997 |
2003-07-29 06:53 |
1010 |
2004-08-16 01:23 |
| 974 |
2001-09-17 10:27 |
986 |
2002-09-07 03:09 |
998 |
2003-08-27 17:26 |
1011 |
2004-09-14 14:30 |
| 975 |
2001-10-16 19:23 |
987 |
2002-10-06 11:17 |
999 |
2003-09-26 03:09 |
1012 |
2004-10-14 02:50 |
| 976 |
2001-11-15 06:40 |
988 |
2002-11-04 20:36 |
1000 |
2003-10-25 12:51 |
1013 |
2004-11-12 14:27 |
| 977 |
2001-12-14 20:48 |
989 |
2002-12-04 07:36 |
1001 |
2003-11-23 23:00 |
1014 |
2004-12-12 01:28 |
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1002 |
2003-12-23 09:44 |
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Solar eclipses occur only at New Moons.
