The figures
At 03:27 UTC on Friday, September 11, 2026 the Moon and the Sun meet at 18°26' Virgo. The distance is 376,650 km, 7,750 km closer than the 384,400 km average — near enough to the mean that the apparent size is unremarkable. The degree, 18°26' Virgo, places it in the second decan of Virgo, on the axis that runs across to Pisces. It is the 18th of the 25 lunations dated for 2026, and the cycle it belongs to is set out in what a lunation is.
Exact time where you are
That instant — 03:27 UTC on September 11, 2026 — 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 | 23:27 the day before | 10 September |
| Los Angeles | 20:27 the day before | 10 September |
| London | 04:27 | 11 September |
| Delhi | 08:57 | 11 September |
| Sydney | 13:27 | 11 September |
| Istanbul | 06:27 | 11 September |
Which house it falls in for your sign
Counted from each sign as the first house, this new moon at 18°26' Virgo falls here:
| Sign | House | What that house covers |
|---|---|---|
| Aries | 6th house | work, routine, health and the small maintenance of a life |
| Taurus | 5th house | play, romance, children and anything you make for its own sake |
| Gemini | 4th house | home, family, roots and private ground |
| Cancer | 3rd house | conversation, short trips, siblings and daily information |
| Leo | 2nd house | money, possessions and what you consider yours |
| Virgo | 1st house | your own bearing, appearance and the first move |
| Libra | 12th house | rest, solitude, what is behind you and what runs unattended |
| Scorpio | 11th house | friends, groups, networks and what you are aiming at |
| Sagittarius | 10th house | career, public standing and what you are known for |
| Capricorn | 9th house | distance, study, belief, travel and the long view |
| Aquarius | 8th house | shared money, debt, intimacy and what is not said out loud |
| Pisces | 7th house | partners, opponents and anyone you deal with one to one |
A new moon in Virgo
Anything within a couple of degrees of 18°26' Virgo in a natal chart is contacted directly by this one, and so is anything near the same degree of Pisces, Sagittarius or Gemini, since those are the other three corners of the same cross.
What the new moon of September 11, 2026 marks is a position rather than an event: 18°26' Virgo, in the second decan, with the Sun at 18°26' Virgo. The house it occupies in your own chart matters more than the sign name, and the table above gives that house for 18°26' Virgo, sign by sign.
Where this one sits in the cycle
The lunation before this one fell 14 days earlier and the next follows 15 days after September 11, 2026.
- Before it: the full moon of August 28, 2026
- After it: the full moon of September 26, 2026
- The last new moon in Virgo: September 21, 2025
Questions people ask about this
What time is the new moon on September 11, 2026?
03:27 UTC on September 11, 2026; the table above converts that single instant to six local clocks.
What sign is this new moon in?
18°26' Virgo — the second decan. The chart reading for September 11, 2026 works from that degree rather than from the sign name on its own.
Does a new moon cause anything?
No. On September 11, 2026 the Moon simply reaches 18°26' Virgo; what the chart gives is a position and a house, not an event.