2027 has thirteen new moons, not the usual twelve, which hands you one extra blank page. The first falls on January 7 and the last on December 27, both with the moon in Capricorn, and August holds two: the 2nd and the 31st. The moment of a new moon is the same everywhere on Earth, but the clock is not, so 18 of the year’s 25 new and full moons land on a different calendar date depending on where you live. The table below gives every 2027 new moon in Eastern, Pacific, London and Sydney time, with UTC beside it.
The 13 new moons of 2027
| # | New York (ET) | Los Angeles (PT) | London | Sydney | UTC | Moon in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thu Jan 7, 3:24 pm | Thu Jan 7, 12:24 pm | Thu Jan 7, 8:24 pm | Fri Jan 8, 7:24 am | Jan 7, 20:24 | Capricorn |
| 2 | Sat Feb 6, 10:56 am | Sat Feb 6, 7:56 am | Sat Feb 6, 3:56 pm | Sun Feb 7, 2:56 am | Feb 6, 15:56 | Aquarius · Annular solar eclipse |
| 3 | Mon Mar 8, 4:29 am | Mon Mar 8, 1:29 am | Mon Mar 8, 9:29 am | Mon Mar 8, 8:29 pm | Mar 8, 09:29 | Pisces |
| 4 | Tue Apr 6, 7:51 pm | Tue Apr 6, 4:51 pm | Wed Apr 7, 12:51 am | Wed Apr 7, 9:51 am | Apr 6, 23:51 | Aries |
| 5 | Thu May 6, 6:58 am | Thu May 6, 3:58 am | Thu May 6, 11:58 am | Thu May 6, 8:58 pm | May 6, 10:58 | Taurus |
| 6 | Fri Jun 4, 3:40 pm | Fri Jun 4, 12:40 pm | Fri Jun 4, 8:40 pm | Sat Jun 5, 5:40 am | Jun 4, 19:40 | Gemini |
| 7 | Sat Jul 3, 11:01 pm | Sat Jul 3, 8:01 pm | Sun Jul 4, 4:01 am | Sun Jul 4, 1:01 pm | Jul 4, 03:01 | Cancer |
| 8 | Mon Aug 2, 6:05 am | Mon Aug 2, 3:05 am | Mon Aug 2, 11:05 am | Mon Aug 2, 8:05 pm | Aug 2, 10:05 | Leo · Total solar eclipse |
| 9 | Tue Aug 31, 1:41 pm | Tue Aug 31, 10:41 am | Tue Aug 31, 6:41 pm | Wed Sep 1, 3:41 am | Aug 31, 17:41 | Virgo |
| 10 | Wed Sep 29, 10:35 pm | Wed Sep 29, 7:35 pm | Thu Sep 30, 3:35 am | Thu Sep 30, 12:35 pm | Sep 30, 02:35 | Libra |
| 11 | Fri Oct 29, 9:36 am | Fri Oct 29, 6:36 am | Fri Oct 29, 2:36 pm | Sat Oct 30, 12:36 am | Oct 29, 13:36 | Scorpio |
| 12 | Sat Nov 27, 10:24 pm | Sat Nov 27, 7:24 pm | Sun Nov 28, 3:24 am | Sun Nov 28, 2:24 pm | Nov 28, 03:24 | Sagittarius |
| 13 | Mon Dec 27, 3:12 pm | Mon Dec 27, 12:12 pm | Mon Dec 27, 8:12 pm | Tue Dec 28, 7:12 am | Dec 27, 20:12 | Capricorn |
A note on the times. Every local time is converted from the exact moment of the new moon, and the conversion already includes daylight saving where it applies on that date: New York and Los Angeles switch on March 14 and back on November 7; London moves to BST on March 28 and back on October 31; Sydney leaves daylight time on April 4 and returns to it on October 3. We computed the moments ourselves and checked them against a second, independent ephemeris; the two agreed to within a minute or two on all thirteen. Your phone’s moon app should show the same minute. If it shows a different date, it is almost always a time-zone setting, not a disagreement about the sky.
Why 2027 has thirteen new moons
A lunar month, from one new moon to the next, averages 29.53 days. Twelve of them come to about 354 days, eleven days short of a calendar year. So each year the first new moon arrives roughly eleven days earlier than it did the year before, and whenever it lands in the first ten or eleven days of January, a thirteenth new moon fits in before December ends. In 2027 the first new moon is on January 7, early enough for the thirteenth to arrive on December 27, a last clean page before the year closes.
This is the same arithmetic behind the nineteen-year cycle that ancient calendar-makers used to keep lunar and solar years in step. Nineteen years hold 235 lunar months: twelve a year, with seven left over. So roughly seven years in every nineteen get a thirteenth new moon, and 2027 is one of them.
Where the extra moon shows up depends on your time zone. In the Americas, the UK and Europe, August has two new moons, on the 2nd and the 31st. In Sydney the August 31 new moon happens at 3:41 am on September 1, so Australians get two new moons in September instead, on the 1st and the 30th. Same sky, different calendar page.
Two new moons in Capricorn
The year opens and closes in the same sign, like a sheet of paper folded edge to edge. The January 7 new moon is at 17 degrees of Capricorn and the December 27 new moon at 6 degrees of Capricorn. A new moon is simply the moon catching up with the sun, and the sun is in Capricorn from around December 22 to January 20 every year, so a year that begins with a new moon in early January and ends with one in late December bookends itself in Capricorn.
In between, the new moons walk through the zodiac in order: Aquarius in February, Pisces in March, Aries in April, round to Sagittarius in November. Virgo gets the thirteenth moon on August 31. One sign is repeated and no sign is skipped.
Which dates change with your time zone
A new moon is an instant: the moment the moon passes between the Earth and the sun. Everyone on the planet shares that instant, but the clocks on our walls do not: a clock in Sydney is eleven hours ahead of one in London in January, and sixteen hours ahead of New York, so the same instant can fall before midnight in one city and after it in another.
We computed every 2027 new and full moon for New York, Los Angeles, London and Sydney. Eighteen of the 25 fall on a different calendar date in at least one of those cities compared with UTC. For the new moons:
- Sydney moves seven new moons to the next day: January 8, February 7, April 7, June 5, September 1, October 30 and December 28.
- New York and Los Angeles move three to the evening before: July 3, September 29 and November 27 (the UTC dates are July 4, September 30 and November 28). Both coasts share every date, and so do Central and Mountain time.
- London moves one: the April 6 new moon falls at 12:51 am on April 7, BST.
If you live somewhere else, these are the differences we found: Toronto, Chicago and Denver match New York on every new moon, and Vancouver matches Los Angeles. Hawaii has the March new moon on March 7 instead of March 8. Central and Eastern Europe match London on every new moon (two full moons differ; they are in the full moon calendar). Brisbane has the October new moon on the 29th rather than the 30th; Perth has February 6 and October 29; Auckland matches Sydney on every new moon. Dubai has January 8 and December 28.
Two solar eclipses, on the February and August new moons
A solar eclipse is a new moon that lines up exactly, so the moon’s shadow touches the Earth. Two of 2027’s thirteen do, according to NASA’s eclipse catalogue:
- February 6, annular. The moon is a little too far from Earth to cover the sun completely, so a ring of sunlight remains. Greatest eclipse is at 16:00 UTC. The ring is visible from a narrow path across southern Chile and Argentina, with a partial eclipse across South America and west Africa.
- August 2, total. This is the headline sky event of the year: totality lasts up to 6 minutes 23 seconds along a path across north Africa and the Arabian Peninsula, with a partial eclipse visible from Europe and much of Africa and Asia. Greatest eclipse is at 10:07 UTC.
Neither eclipse is visible from the US, Canada or Australia as anything more than an ordinary new moon, which is to say, not at all. An eclipse does not change what a new moon is. If you set intentions at new moons, the old advice is to write a direction rather than a demand on an eclipse, and to keep it short. That is a convention, not a prediction, and you may ignore it.
How to use a new moon date
You cannot see a new moon. It rises and sets with the sun, lit from behind. The first thin crescent appears low in the western sky a day or two after the date in the table, just after sunset. If you want to see “the new moon”, look then.
Use the date as a landmark, not a deadline. The new moon is a dated, recurring fresh start you did not have to invent. The day of the new moon or the day after both work; what matters is that the date was fixed in advance and that you sit down. If you miss it, the next one is 29 or 30 days away, and a Monday or a birthday is a fresh start too.
Set one intention, not twelve. Write what you want, what an ordinary day looks like once it is true, the thing inside you that usually gets in the way, and what you will do when it does. That is the whole method, and we have written it up with a worked example in a new moon ritual that actually works.
Date the review. Each new moon has a full moon about fifteen days later. Write that date beside your intention now, so the review happens whether or not you feel like it.
The thirteen moons, named
Thirteen moons, thirteen names. In our 2027 calendar, Thirteen New Moons, each lunation has a name that tells you what to do with it: the Wish Moon (January 7), the Obstacle Moon (February 6), the Plan Moon (March 8), the First-Step Moon (April 6), the Rooting Moon (May 6), the Mirror Moon (June 4), the Hearth Moon (July 4), the Bold Moon (August 2), the Second-Start Moon (August 31), the Focus Moon (September 30), the Shedding Moon (October 29), the Counting Moon (November 28) and the Thirteenth Moon (December 27). Every date in it is printed in your own region’s time, in four editions, with the 25 moons on one page and a Set page, an Act page and a Release page for each lunation. If you only want the dates, our free 2027 calendar marks every full and new moon in UTC.
FAQ
Is there a black moon in 2027?
By the most common definition, a second new moon in one calendar month, yes. In the Americas, the UK and Europe it is August 31, the second new moon of August. In Australia and New Zealand it is September 30, the second new moon of September, because the August 31 new moon falls on September 1 there. By the older seasonal definition, a fourth new moon in one astronomical season, 2027 has none: every season holds three.
What time zone are the times in?
Each column is its own time zone: New York (Eastern), Los Angeles (Pacific), London (GMT or BST) and Sydney (AEDT or AEST), with daylight saving already applied. The UTC column is Coordinated Universal Time, which most astronomy sources use. If your zone is not listed, convert from UTC; the differences we found for other cities are in the section above.
Can I see a new moon?
No. At the new moon the sun-lit side faces away from Earth, and the moon is in the daytime sky beside the sun. The first slim crescent appears in the west after sunset a day or two later.
Why does the table list a sign for each new moon?
At a new moon the sun and moon are at the same point of the zodiac, so the moon’s sign is also the sun’s sign for that date. Astrologers use it as a theme for the lunation; astronomers use it as a position. The degrees come from the same computation as the times.
My moon app shows a time one minute different. Which is right?
Both, within the limits of rounding. Different ephemerides agree on the moment of a new moon to within a minute or so, and apps round in different directions. A different date, on the other hand, means your app is set to a different time zone.