The figures
At 22:27 UTC on Monday, December 30, 2024 the Moon and the Sun meet at 9°44' Capricorn. The distance is 385,605 km, 1,205 km further out than the 384,400 km average — near enough to the mean that the apparent size is unremarkable. The degree, 9°44' Capricorn, places it in the first decan of Capricorn, on the axis that runs across to Cancer. It is the second new Moon inside December 2024, the case the popular term black moon refers to. It is the 25th of the 25 lunations dated for 2024, and the cycle it belongs to is set out in what a lunation is.
Exact time where you are
That instant — 22:27 UTC on December 30, 2024 — is one moment worldwide, and only the clock reading changes, with summer time applied wherever the local rule puts the date inside it.
| City | Local time | Local date |
|---|---|---|
| New York | 17:27 | 30 December |
| Los Angeles | 14:27 | 30 December |
| London | 22:27 | 30 December |
| Delhi | 03:57 the next day | 31 December |
| Sydney | 09:27 the next day | 31 December |
| Istanbul | 01:27 the next day | 31 December |
Which house it falls in for your sign
Counted from each sign as the first house, this new moon at 9°44' Capricorn falls here:
| Sign | House | What that house covers |
|---|---|---|
| Aries | 10th house | career, public standing and what you are known for |
| Taurus | 9th house | distance, study, belief, travel and the long view |
| Gemini | 8th house | shared money, debt, intimacy and what is not said out loud |
| Cancer | 7th house | partners, opponents and anyone you deal with one to one |
| Leo | 6th house | work, routine, health and the small maintenance of a life |
| Virgo | 5th house | play, romance, children and anything you make for its own sake |
| Libra | 4th house | home, family, roots and private ground |
| Scorpio | 3rd house | conversation, short trips, siblings and daily information |
| Sagittarius | 2nd house | money, possessions and what you consider yours |
| Capricorn | 1st house | your own bearing, appearance and the first move |
| Aquarius | 12th house | rest, solitude, what is behind you and what runs unattended |
| Pisces | 11th house | friends, groups, networks and what you are aiming at |
A new moon in Capricorn
Anything within a couple of degrees of 9°44' Capricorn in a natal chart is contacted directly by this one, and so is anything near the same degree of Cancer, Aries or Libra, since those are the other three corners of the same cross.
What the new moon of December 30, 2024 marks is a position rather than an event: 9°44' Capricorn, in the first decan, with the Sun at 9°44' Capricorn. The house it occupies in your own chart matters more than the sign name, and the table above gives that house for 9°44' Capricorn, sign by sign.
Where this one sits in the cycle
The lunation before this one fell 15 days earlier and the next follows 14 days after December 30, 2024.
- Before it: the full moon of December 15, 2024
- After it: the full moon of January 13, 2025
- The last new moon in Capricorn: January 11, 2024
Questions people ask about this
What time is the new moon on December 30, 2024?
22:27 UTC on December 30, 2024; the table above converts that single instant to six local clocks.
What sign is this new moon in?
9°44' Capricorn — the first decan. The chart reading for December 30, 2024 works from that degree rather than from the sign name on its own.
Does a new moon cause anything?
No. On December 30, 2024 the Moon simply reaches 9°44' Capricorn; what the chart gives is a position and a house, not an event.