New Moon in Capricorn, December 2027
Exact on December 27, 2027 at 21:12 (CET). Read what this moment in the sky means and how it might play out for your zodiac sign.
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The facts at a glance
New Moon in Capricorn
Exact moment
December 27, 2027, 21:12
CET · 20:12 UT
Countdown
413 days
until the exact moment
Zodiac
Capricorn
5°50'
Event type
New Moon
New Moon in Capricorn
How often?
about once a year
almost always in January or December
Next time
January 14, 2029
New Moon in Capricorn
Many feel a moment like this in the days before: themes come up, conversations turn to it. The exact time is the peak, not the start.
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.
5°50' Capricorn
On December 27, 2027 the New Moon falls in Capricorn.
What Capricorn adds
The sign gives the moment its colour. Capricorn stands for the themes of the day for everyone; for you it depends on where Capricorn sits in your chart.
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Who notices it most
- CapricornThe sign itself
- CancerOpposite
- AriesAt a right angle
- LibraAt 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 5°50' Capricorn. 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
January 14, 2029
New Moon in Capricorn
- 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 January 14, 2029. Who joins you?
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New Moon in Capricorn
On December 27, 2027, the New Moon is in Capricorn. It's an invitation to start something that is meant to last. We explain what it means and how to find out if it affects you.
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The darkest moment of the month is the best time for a new beginning. On December 27, we have a New Moon in Capricorn. Sun and Moon stand together in the sky. The Moon in your chart shows what you need to feel safe. The sign it's in describes the style. Imagine you are planting a seed for a tree, not just for a flower. This is an invitation for a quiet but serious start. Check if this moment touches your own chart. Find out which area of your life this affects for free at theastroacademy.com.
What does this mean?
On December 27, 2027 at 21:12 (CET), the New Moon falls in Capricorn. 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 Capricorn 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 Capricorn mean?
Capricorn builds things that last. Its themes are structure, authority, the long game and respect for time. It plans in decades, not weeks. It knows that good results need a foundation that holds even after everyone stops watching. Where Capricorn is active, something goes up that stays.
New Moon in Capricorn
A New Moon in Capricorn starts something slowly, on solid ground. It hardly shows yet, like the first page of a long plan, but it heads where Capricorn points.
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
Aries sits at a tense angle to this event, and many with the Sun there feel days like this as friction. Does your patience run out faster than usual, say in the checkout line? 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
For Taurus, a moment like this often just rolls along, like a tailwind on a bike ride. Where does something come easier right now? 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
Gemini sits at the edge this time. From there you can calmly watch what unfolds. 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
Cancer sits at a tense angle to this event, and many with the Sun there feel days like this as friction. Does your patience run out faster than usual, say in the checkout line? 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 will probably pick up the undertones more than the main tune. They are quiet and can still be useful. 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
As Virgo, you are among the signs that tend to feel support rather than pressure on days like this. Do you notice any of that? 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
Libra sits at a tense angle to this event, and many with the Sun there feel days like this as friction. Does your patience run out faster than usual, say in the checkout line? 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
For Scorpio, a moment like this often just rolls along, like a tailwind on a bike ride. Where does something come easier right now? 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
Sagittarius sits at the edge this time. From there you can calmly watch what unfolds. 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
This one happens in Capricorn. Plenty of people with the Sun there feel days like this more sharply than usual. See whether you are one of them. 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 will probably pick up the undertones more than the main tune. They are quiet and can still be useful. 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
As Pisces, you are among the signs that tend to feel support rather than pressure on days like this. Do you notice any of that? 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
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New Moon in Capricorn 2027 by the numbers
At 21:12 (CET) the Moon arrives at 5°50' Capricorn, on the same degree as the Sun. Astrologers date the new moon in Capricorn to this very moment. 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.
| Item | Value |
|---|---|
| Exact moment | December 27, 2027, 21:12 (CET) |
| Universal Time | 20:12 UT |
| Event type | New Moon |
| Moon | 5°50' Capricorn |
| Sun | 5°50' Capricorn |
| Opposite lunation | Full Moon in Cancer · January 12, 2028 |
The full moon in Cancer follows about two weeks later, on January 12, 2028. It marks the other pole of the lunar cycle. Roughly once a year, a new moon falls in Capricorn again.
The Capricorn sign profile covers what Capricorn stands for: its element, modality and ruling planet. The 2027 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 December 27, jot down one sentence about what seemed clearer to you that day. Dig the note out again at the full moon on January 12, 2028 and reread it.
How often is there a new moon in Capricorn?
Roughly once a year. Between 1900 and 2100 we count 200 new moons in Capricorn, with two in 67 of those years and none in 68.
At a new moon, Sun and Moon sit at the same point. So a new moon in Capricorn can only happen while the Sun itself is in Capricorn, which almost always means January and December.
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 Capricorn | 200 |
| Years with two | 67 |
| Years without | 68 |
| Usually falls in | January and December |
| Previous time | 7 January 2027 |
| Next time after this | 14 January 2029 |
| 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 Capricorn in 2027?
- The New Moon in Capricorn is on December 27, 2027 at 21:12 CET (20:12 UT).
- What does the New Moon in Capricorn mean?
- At the New Moon in Capricorn, 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 Capricorn points.
- Which zodiac signs does the New Moon in Capricorn affect most?
- Usually it's Capricorn, because the event takes place in that sign. Aries, Cancer, Libra 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.