It's still a new moon and not visible.
The new moon sets about the same time as the Sun does.
If the moon is setting at 6am then it is a New Moon
Full moon.
If the moon sets just after the sun, it is in the waxing crescent or waxing gibbous phase. During these phases, the moon is positioned between the new moon and the first quarter, meaning it rises shortly after the sun and sets shortly after. This timing occurs because the illuminated portion of the moon is increasing, making it visible in the evening sky.
No. On Sunday 3rd November, 2013, the moon phase was new moon - therefore it cannot be seen from anywhere on Earth and it sets when the sun sets. There was a solar eclipse on this date but it was not visible from New Orleans, LA.
The new moon sets about the same time as the Sun does.
If the moon is setting at 6am then it is a New Moon
Full moon
Full moon.
If the moon sets just after the sun, it is in the waxing crescent or waxing gibbous phase. During these phases, the moon is positioned between the new moon and the first quarter, meaning it rises shortly after the sun and sets shortly after. This timing occurs because the illuminated portion of the moon is increasing, making it visible in the evening sky.
No. On Sunday 3rd November, 2013, the moon phase was new moon - therefore it cannot be seen from anywhere on Earth and it sets when the sun sets. There was a solar eclipse on this date but it was not visible from New Orleans, LA.
A new moon rises at approximately the same time as the sun rises and sets. This is because the moon is in the same part of the sky as the sun during a new moon phase.
New Moon.
The New Moon always occurs very close to the moon's "new moon" phase.
The phase of the Moon that comes immediately before the new Moon phase is the waning crescent phase.
On a New Moon PhaseOn a New Moon Phase
The new moon is not visible in the sky as it rises and sets with the sun during the day. It's the moon phase when the moon is directly between the Earth and the sun, so it rises and sets with the sun and is not observable.