New moon, annular solar eclipse
New moon in Aquarius
Exact on Tuesday 17 February 2026, 12:01 UTC, which is in your time zone. The Moon stands at 28°50′ Aquarius, together with the Sun, 384,492 km from Earth.
An annular solar eclipse marks the new moon of 17 February 2026, exact at 12:01 UTC with Sun and Moon at 28°50' Aquarius. Its magnitude is 0.964, and it falls near the north node. Uranus squares the Moon within 1.3 degrees. The Moon is about 384,492 km away, and Jupiter is retrograde at the time.
Aquarius, fixed air ruled by Uranus, is read as the sign of community, independence and ideas ahead of their moment. Astrologers treat eclipses near the north node as pointing toward new territory. A square from Uranus, the sign's own ruler, is traditionally linked with surprises and sudden changes of plan. A practical suggestion: leave some slack in your schedule around this date, and pay attention to which group or cause you keep returning to.
Planets close to this lunation
- Uranus square, within 1.3°
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 | eleventh | friends, groups, plans | |
| Taurus | tenth | career and public role | |
| Gemini | ninth | travel, study, beliefs | |
| Cancer | eighth | shared money, intimacy, endings | |
| Leo | seventh | partners and one-to-one relationships | |
| Virgo | sixth | daily work, routines, health | |
| Libra | fifth | romance, play, children, creative work | |
| Scorpio | fourth | home, family, roots | |
| Sagittarius | third | conversations, siblings, short trips | |
| Capricorn | second | money, possessions, values | |
| Aquarius | first | self, body, how you come across | |
| Pisces | twelfth | rest, privacy, what happens behind the scenes | |
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.