Next New Moon & New Moon Calendar 2026

The next new moon is on August 12, 2026, at 5:36 PM UTC, when the Moon sits between the Earth and the Sun in Leo. A new moon happens the instant the Moon and Sun share the same ecliptic longitude — 0 degrees of elongation — so the Moon's Earth-facing side is unlit and the Moon rises and sets with the Sun. That is the moment shown here, not simply the first night a thin crescent becomes visible.

Because the alignment is an exact astronomical event, it lands on a precise date and time rather than a whole day. The hero card above marks that moment; the calendar below extends it across the rest of 2026 so you can plan ahead — setting intentions, starting projects, or simply knowing which sign each new moon falls in.

The table lists every upcoming new moon with its exact date, time and zodiac sign. All times are given in UTC (Coordinated Universal Time), so you will need to convert to your own timezone — a new moon that shows late one evening in UTC may fall on the previous or next calendar day where you live.

Every entry is computed, not copied. Sigastra finds each new moon by root-finding on Swiss Ephemeris — the same high-precision astronomy engine, derived from NASA JPL data, that powers our birth charts. The Moon's zodiac sign is read from its true ecliptic longitude at the exact moment of the new moon, so the sign you see is the real position of the Moon in the sky, down to the degree.

The new moon opens the lunar cycle. With the Moon dark and aligned with the Sun, it is traditionally read as a fresh start — a point of beginning rather than culmination. Where the full moon brings things to light and release, the new moon is a quiet, low-visibility phase that many people use for setting intentions and planting the seeds of what they want to grow over the coming month.

Each new moon falls in one of the twelve zodiac signs, and astrologers read that sign as the flavour of the beginning: a new moon in a fire sign feels bold and initiating; one in a water sign turns inward and emotional; earth signs ground it in the practical, air signs in the mental and relational. To see how a given new moon touches your own chart specifically, it helps to know where that sign sits across your houses, which is exactly what a birth chart shows.

A new moon and a full moon are the two halves of the same cycle. At the new moon the Moon is aligned with the Sun (0 degrees) and invisible; at the full moon it sits exactly opposite the Sun (180 degrees) and is fully lit. Roughly two weeks separate them, and together they mark the beginning and the peak of each synodic month.

Astrologically the two carry opposite tones. The new moon is associated with starting, intention and inward focus; the full moon with culmination, clarity and release. Many people pair the two — planting an intention at the new moon and reviewing or releasing it at the full moon that follows. Our full moon calendar tracks the other half of that rhythm.