When Is the Next New Moon? Date, Time and Sign in the New Moon Calendar 2026

The next new moon is on November 9, 2026, at 7:02 AM UTC, in Scorpio. At that moment the Sun and Moon are conjunct, sharing the same degree of the zodiac. The Moon's illuminated side faces away from Earth, and it rises and sets with the Sun. The first thin crescent usually shows up in the evening sky a day or two later.

Use the dates to plan ahead: set intentions, start projects, or simply follow which sign each new moon falls in.

The table gives the date, time and sign of every new moon over the next twelve months, so it runs into the following year. A new moon late in the evening UTC lands on the next calendar day in Asia, and one early in the morning UTC lands on the previous day in the Americas.

We calculate each new moon from an ephemeris based on NASA JPL data, the same source behind our birth charts. The sign listed is the one the Moon, and with it the Sun, occupies at that moment.

The new moon starts the lunar cycle. With the Moon dark and lined up with the Sun, astrologers read it as a beginning. The full moon brings things into the open; the new moon is quieter, and many people use it to set intentions for the month ahead.

Each new moon falls in one of the twelve signs, and that sign sets the tone. Fire signs favor bold starts, water signs draw the mood inward toward feeling, earth signs ground things in the practical, and air signs get ideas and conversations moving. What it means for you depends on which house that sign occupies in your birth chart.

New moon and full moon are the two halves of one cycle. At the new moon the Moon is conjunct the Sun (0°) and can't be seen; at the full moon it stands opposite the Sun (180°) and is fully lit. About two weeks lie between them, and together they mark the start and the peak of each synodic month.

Astrologers give them opposite jobs. The new moon is for starting and setting intentions, the full moon for seeing results and letting go. A common practice is to set an intention at one new moon and look back on it at the full moon that follows. Our full moon calendar covers that other half.