New moon
New moon in Aries
Exact on Tuesday 6 April 2027, 23:51 UTC, which is in your time zone. The Moon stands at 16°57′ Aries, together with the Sun, 383,641 km from Earth.
Sun and Moon meet at 16°57' Aries on 6 April 2027 at 23:51 UTC, marking a new moon about 383,641 km from Earth. Saturn is conjunct the lunation within 0.6 degrees, and Jupiter trines it within 0.1 degrees, an unusually exact contact. Jupiter is retrograde at the time.
Aries is the cardinal fire sign ruled by Mars, and the tradition reads it as the sign of beginnings, nerve and direct action. Astrologers treat a new moon as a seed point, and one in Aries as especially suited to starting things. Saturn so close is often read as asking that a fresh start come with a realistic plan, while the Jupiter trine is taken as encouragement. A practical step: choose one goal and write down its first concrete task.
Planets close to this lunation
- Saturn opposite, within 0.5°
Measured at 00:00 UTC on the day of the phase.
By sign
Where it falls for you
| Sun sign | House | This new moon falls on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aries | first | self, body, how you come across | |
| Taurus | twelfth | rest, privacy, what happens behind the scenes | |
| Gemini | eleventh | friends, groups, plans | |
| Cancer | tenth | career and public role | |
| Leo | ninth | travel, study, beliefs | |
| Virgo | eighth | shared money, intimacy, endings | |
| Libra | seventh | partners and one-to-one relationships | |
| Scorpio | sixth | daily work, routines, health | |
| Sagittarius | fifth | romance, play, children, creative work | |
| Capricorn | fourth | home, family, roots | |
| Aquarius | third | conversations, siblings, short trips | |
| Pisces | second | money, possessions, values | |
Whole-sign houses counted from the Sun sign, the convention behind every Sun-sign horoscope. Your rising sign gives a more personal count: draw your chart.