New moons in 2026
Twelve new moons in 2026, and two of them are solar eclipses. The 17 February new moon at 28° Aquarius is annular, a ring of Sun seen from Antarctica. The 12 August new moon at 20° Leo is total, with the Moon’s shadow crossing Greenland, Iceland and northern Spain.
| Date | Position | Eclipse |
|---|---|---|
28° Capricorn | — | |
28° Aquarius | Annular solar eclipse | |
28° Pisces | — | |
27° Aries | — | |
25° Taurus | — | |
24° Gemini | — | |
21° Cancer | — | |
20° Leo | Total solar eclipse | |
18° Virgo | — | |
17° Libra | — | |
16° Scorpio | — | |
16° Sagittarius | — |
All times are UTC (Universal Time, the same as GMT outside daylight-saving time). Add your time-zone offset for local time. An event late in the UTC day can fall on the next date in Asia and Australia, and one early in the UTC day on the previous date in the Americas.
Computed by Lunonis with our own ephemeris code (built on astronomy-engine, tested against Swiss Ephemeris): geocentric, tropical zodiac, true equinox of date. Lunation and eclipse times match NASA’s published tables to about a minute. Station times are good to within an hour or so: a planet barely moves at its station, so the exact minute is soft in any ephemeris.
What a new moon stands for
A new moon is the moment the Moon passes between the Earth and the Sun (their conjunction in longitude), when the side facing us is dark. A thin crescent appears in the western evening sky a day or two later.
Astrologers treat the new moon as the start of a lunar month: a quiet point for setting an intention or beginning a project, with the sign of the new moon describing the flavour. Treat it as a reminder to take stock, nothing more binding than that.
When a new moon falls close enough to the Moon’s node, the Moon covers some or all of the Sun and the new moon becomes a solar eclipse. Those are marked in the table.
More from the sky calendar
- Mercury retrograde 2026Three times a year Mercury appears to move backwards. Station dates, signs and shadow periods.
- Full moons 2026Twelve or thirteen full moons a year, with their traditional names, signs and lunar eclipses.
- Planetary retrogrades 2026Every retrograde from Mercury to Pluto in the year, with the signs each planet moves back through.
- Eclipses 2026Solar and lunar eclipses: total, annular, partial or penumbral, with the sign of each.
- New moons 2027New moons: the 2027 table
- New moons 2028New moons: the 2028 table
- Mercury retrograde 2025–2028All Mercury retrogrades 2025–2028 on one page
- Sky calendarCalendars by year
How this sky meets your chart
These dates are the same for everyone. A personal forecast reads them against your own natal chart: which planets the transits touch, in which houses, by topic. Symbolic guidance for reflection, never predictions about health or money.