New Moon, August 31, 2027
New Moon: August 31, 2027 at 1:42 PM in New York (31 Aug 2027, 17:41 UTC). At that moment Moon is 53° above the horizon in the SSW, as seen from New York.
The sky at that moment
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1:42 PMTue, Aug 31
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What happens
At new Moon the Moon lies in the same direction as the Sun, so its lit side faces away from Earth and it cannot be seen. Nights around new Moon are the darkest of the month.
Calculated with Astronomy Engine, an open-source library verified against the US Naval Observatory and NASA JPL. Data sources