New Moon in Aquarius, February 2026
Exact on February 17, 2026 at 13:01 (CET). Read what this moment in the sky means and how it might play out for your zodiac sign.
This event took place on
February 17, 2026, 13:01
Next time: February 6, 2027
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The facts at a glance
New Moon in Aquarius
Exact moment
February 17, 2026, 13:01
CET · 12:01 UT
Countdown
Over
on February 17, 2026
Zodiac
Aquarius
28°49'
Event type
New Moon
New Moon in Aquarius
How often?
about once a year
almost always in January or February
Next time
February 6, 2027
New Moon in Aquarius
How we calculated this
Computed to the minute with the Swiss Ephemeris (NASA JPL data), tropical zodiac. The time is German time, Universal Time (UT) is the time at the prime meridian.
Source: planet positions from the Swiss Ephemeris (NASA JPL data), the same basis professional astrology software uses.
28°49' Aquarius
On February 17, 2026 the New Moon falls in Aquarius.
What Aquarius adds
The sign gives the moment its colour. Aquarius stands for the themes of the day for everyone; for you it depends on where Aquarius sits in your chart.
New Moon Bingo
Which of these do you know around this day? Tap what fits. Three in a row is bingo.
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Who notices it most
- AquariusThe sign itself
- LeoOpposite
- TaurusAt a right angle
- ScorpioAt a right angle
With the Sun, Moon or Ascendant in one of these signs, many notice a day like this more clearly. Who do you know with one of them?
Why these four?
The moment sits at 28°49' Aquarius. The four signs lie right there, opposite, or at a right angle to it. Astrology counts these angles as the most noticeable: what happens there nudges, challenges or sets something in motion.
What the New Moon can do
Depending on the area of life it falls into in a chart, it shows up differently. These are the twelve possibilities:
- Fresh startSelf & new starts
- Treasure huntMoney & values
- SignalTalk & close circle
- NestingHome & family
- HeartbeatLove & joy
- Clear-outRoutine & health
- MirrorRelationships
- Deep diveIntimacy & change
- WanderlustTravel & meaning
- SummitCareer & goals
- NetworkFriends & plans
- RetreatRetreat & dreams
A note to future you
Open on
February 6, 2027
New Moon in Aquarius
- 1What is on your mind most right now?
- 2What should be different by then?
- 3Who do you want to tell about it then?
Write down the three answers today and read them again on February 6, 2027. Who joins you?
New Moons 2026
6 of 12 this year, around this one
Every full moon in your calendar
- Full moon
- New moon
- Eclipse
- Mercury retrograde
The dates appear in your calendar on their own, each with a link to its explanation. Remove it any time.
What does this mean?
On February 17, 2026 at 13:01 (CET), the New Moon falls in Aquarius. Sun and Moon line up exactly, and the night sky has no Moon in it. In astrology this is the month's seed point: you plant something new quietly, long before anything shows above ground. This time Aquarius colors that beginning.
What does the Moon mean?
Your Moon is the inner life: moods, habits, home. It tells what feeds you, what triggers you, and how you get back to feeling safe when everything gets too noisy, whether that's tea on the sofa or a call to your sister. The Sun describes the person you want to be. The Moon is who you are with no one looking, down to your reflexes, longings and dreams.
What does the New Moon mean?
New Moon: the Sun and Moon stand together, so the Moon is invisible from Earth. Think of it as planting, not harvesting. A good time to start something small and quietly, like the first page of a new notebook.
What does Aquarius mean?
Aquarius thinks in groups and breaks a rule once it stops fitting. It sees the bigger system (the group, the network, the next idea) and stays oddly cool about whatever is just in fashion. Where Aquarius is active, things get invented or rebuilt, and someone sketches the future.
New Moon in Aquarius
The New Moon in Aquarius sets a quiet new start in this sign's style. It is still small and unfinished, half a plan, pointing toward more freedom.
What it means for your zodiac sign?
A short reading for each sun sign. You feel the moment most where it hits a point in your own chart directly.
Aries
For Aries, a moment like this often just rolls along, like a tailwind on a bike ride. Where does something come easier right now? The focus is your feelings, home and needs: something new can begin quietly now. Fire signs often get going by doing. Pick one small action for the day that you will actually finish.
Taurus
As Taurus, you might get a nudge that feels awkward at first. Check whether it takes you somewhere useful later on. This moment shines a light on your feelings, home and needs, and something new can begin quietly now. Earth signs usually want something they can hold. Turn the impulse into one practical step.
Gemini
The sign Gemini sits at an easy angle to this event. Many people find days like this lighter. Is that true for you? These days, look closely at your feelings, home and needs, since something new can begin quietly now. Air signs like to sort their thoughts in words. Tell someone what is shifting, or write it down.
Cancer
As Cancer, you will probably pick up the undertones more than the main tune. They are quiet and can still be useful. The focus is your feelings, home and needs: something new can begin quietly now. With water signs, feelings often speak first. Take a quiet moment and listen to what they are saying.
Leo
As Leo, you might get a nudge that feels awkward at first. Check whether it takes you somewhere useful later on. This moment shines a light on your feelings, home and needs, and something new can begin quietly now. Fire signs often get going by doing. Pick one small action for the day that you will actually finish.
Virgo
For Virgo this mostly happens in the background. Rather than an upheaval, maybe one small thing shifts. These days, look closely at your feelings, home and needs, since something new can begin quietly now. Earth signs usually want something they can hold. Turn the impulse into one practical step.
Libra
For Libra, a moment like this often just rolls along, like a tailwind on a bike ride. Where does something come easier right now? The focus is your feelings, home and needs: something new can begin quietly now. Air signs like to sort their thoughts in words. Tell someone what is shifting, or write it down.
Scorpio
As Scorpio, you might get a nudge that feels awkward at first. Check whether it takes you somewhere useful later on. This moment shines a light on your feelings, home and needs, and something new can begin quietly now. With water signs, feelings often speak first. Take a quiet moment and listen to what they are saying.
Sagittarius
The sign Sagittarius sits at an easy angle to this event. Many people find days like this lighter. Is that true for you? These days, look closely at your feelings, home and needs, since something new can begin quietly now. Fire signs often get going by doing. Pick one small action for the day that you will actually finish.
Capricorn
As Capricorn, you will probably pick up the undertones more than the main tune. They are quiet and can still be useful. The focus is your feelings, home and needs: something new can begin quietly now. Earth signs usually want something they can hold. Turn the impulse into one practical step.
Aquarius
As Aquarius, you are standing in the middle of this one, since it happens in your sign. Can you feel it? This moment shines a light on your feelings, home and needs, and something new can begin quietly now. Air signs like to sort their thoughts in words. Tell someone what is shifting, or write it down.
Pisces
For Pisces this mostly happens in the background. Rather than an upheaval, maybe one small thing shifts. These days, look closely at your feelings, home and needs, since something new can begin quietly now. With water signs, feelings often speak first. Take a quiet moment and listen to what they are saying.
Tips & rituals
4 ideas for this day
- 1Note 1–3 intentions for the new lunar cycle. The smaller and more concrete they are, the more likely you are to follow through.
- 2Begin exactly one new thing on this day, for example a habit, a conversation or the first step of a project.
- 3Let the evening stay quiet. A new moon is about a soft start, so save the big finish for another day.
- 4Put the note where you will find it again at the next full moon, maybe in your bedside drawer. Then take stock.
Where does this moment hit your chart?
The sky does the same thing for everyone. What reaches you depends on where this moment touches your birth chart. Take a free look at where it lands for you.
Your time windows
Your Time Windows
With dates, and with what you can check in each window.
- Your windowsCheck, prepare, act
- Emotional seasonWhich phase you are in
- DirectionWhere your focus is shifting
- Work & pressureWhat your work demands
- What emergesWhat ends and begins
- Your 90 daysA plan for three months
Discuss it with others
New Moon in Aquarius 2026 by the numbers
For the new moon on February 17, 2026 the Moon sits at 28°49' Aquarius, with the Sun sharing that spot at 28°49' Aquarius. Conjunction just means the Sun and Moon share one degree. The Sun then lights the far side of the Moon, so from Earth you cannot see it at all.
This new moon coincides with an eclipse: Solar Eclipse in Aquarius. So it gets a closer look than the other new and full moons of the year.
| Item | Value |
|---|---|
| Exact moment | February 17, 2026, 13:01 (CET) |
| Universal Time | 12:01 UT |
| Event type | New Moon |
| Moon | 28°49' Aquarius |
| Sun | 28°49' Aquarius |
| Opposite lunation | Full Moon in Virgo · March 3, 2026 |
| Also an eclipse | Solar Eclipse in Aquarius · February 17, 2026 |
| Next occurrence | New Moon in Aquarius · February 6, 2027 |
The full moon in Virgo follows about two weeks later, on March 3, 2026. It marks the other pole of the lunar cycle. You will have to wait until February 6, 2027 for the next new moon in Aquarius.
The Aquarius sign profile covers what Aquarius stands for: its element, modality and ruling planet. The 2026 astrology calendar lists every date of the year, and the page next new moon gathers the new moons still to come. The moon phase calculator works out which phase was in the sky on the day you were born.
How to read the data
- Moon position: the degree the Moon sits on at the exact moment. Every sign runs from 0° at its start to 29° at its end.
- Opposite lunation: this is the coming full moon, where the cycle reaches its height.
- A small test: on the evening of February 17, jot down one sentence about what seemed clearer to you that day. Dig the note out again at the full moon on March 3, 2026 and reread it.
How often is there a new moon in Aquarius?
Roughly once a year. Between 1900 and 2100 we count 202 new moons in Aquarius, with two in one of those years.
At a new moon, Sun and Moon sit at the same point. So a new moon in Aquarius can only happen while the Sun itself is in Aquarius, which almost always means January and February.
Counting every sign, a year holds 12.37 new moons. One lunar cycle takes 29.5 days, a little less than a calendar month, which leaves room for a thirteenth about every 2.7 years.
| Item | Value |
|---|---|
| Counted | 1900–2100 |
| New moons in Aquarius | 202 |
| Years with two | 1 |
| Years without | 0 |
| Usually falls in | January and February |
| Previous time | 29 January 2025 |
| Next time after this | 6 February 2027 |
| New moons per year, all signs | 12.37 |
We ran every day from 1900 to 2100 through the Swiss Ephemeris, using the same rules as this calendar. All dates are in German time.
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Common questions
- When is the New Moon in Aquarius in 2026?
- The New Moon in Aquarius is on February 17, 2026 at 13:01 CET (12:01 UT).
- What does the New Moon in Aquarius mean?
- At the New Moon in Aquarius, Sun and Moon stand together and the Moon goes dark. It plants a beginning in this sign's key. Something can start quietly, unfinished and without an audience yet, heading where Aquarius points.
- Which zodiac signs does the New Moon in Aquarius affect most?
- Usually it's Aquarius, because the event takes place in that sign. Taurus, Leo, Scorpio often notice it as well. They sit square or opposite, and a tense angle like that simply means these signs rub against the theme. Check it against your own chart. Further down you'll find a short reading for all 12 signs.