The figures
At 02:57 UTC on Wednesday, October 18, 2028 the Moon and the Sun meet at 25°16' Libra. The distance is 360,105 km, 24,295 km closer than the 384,400 km average — near enough to the mean that the apparent size is unremarkable. The degree, 25°16' Libra, places it in the third decan of Libra, on the axis that runs across to Aries. It is the 20th of the 25 lunations dated for 2028, and the cycle it belongs to is set out in what a lunation is.
Exact time where you are
That instant — 02:57 UTC on October 18, 2028 — 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 | 22:57 the day before | 17 October |
| Los Angeles | 19:57 the day before | 17 October |
| London | 03:57 | 18 October |
| Delhi | 08:27 | 18 October |
| Sydney | 13:57 | 18 October |
| Istanbul | 05:57 | 18 October |
Which house it falls in for your sign
Counted from each sign as the first house, this new moon at 25°16' Libra falls here:
| Sign | House | What that house covers |
|---|---|---|
| Aries | 7th house | partners, opponents and anyone you deal with one to one |
| Taurus | 6th house | work, routine, health and the small maintenance of a life |
| Gemini | 5th house | play, romance, children and anything you make for its own sake |
| Cancer | 4th house | home, family, roots and private ground |
| Leo | 3rd house | conversation, short trips, siblings and daily information |
| Virgo | 2nd house | money, possessions and what you consider yours |
| Libra | 1st house | your own bearing, appearance and the first move |
| Scorpio | 12th house | rest, solitude, what is behind you and what runs unattended |
| Sagittarius | 11th house | friends, groups, networks and what you are aiming at |
| Capricorn | 10th house | career, public standing and what you are known for |
| Aquarius | 9th house | distance, study, belief, travel and the long view |
| Pisces | 8th house | shared money, debt, intimacy and what is not said out loud |
A new moon in Libra
Anything within a couple of degrees of 25°16' Libra in a natal chart is contacted directly by this one, and so is anything near the same degree of Aries, Capricorn or Cancer, since those are the other three corners of the same cross.
What the new moon of October 18, 2028 marks is a position rather than an event: 25°16' Libra, in the third decan, with the Sun at 25°16' Libra. The house it occupies in your own chart matters more than the sign name, and the table above gives that house for 25°16' Libra, sign by sign.
Where this one sits in the cycle
The lunation before this one fell 15 days earlier and the next follows 15 days after October 18, 2028.
- Before it: the full moon of October 3, 2028
- After it: the full moon of November 2, 2028
- The last new moon in Libra: September 30, 2027
Questions people ask about this
What time is the new moon on October 18, 2028?
02:57 UTC on October 18, 2028; the table above converts that single instant to six local clocks.
What sign is this new moon in?
25°16' Libra — the third decan. The chart reading for October 18, 2028 works from that degree rather than from the sign name on its own.
Does a new moon cause anything?
No. On October 18, 2028 the Moon simply reaches 25°16' Libra; what the chart gives is a position and a house, not an event.