The figures
At 02:50 UTC on Friday, January 4, 2030 the Moon and the Sun meet at 13°47' Capricorn. The distance is 368,457 km, 15,943 km closer than the 384,400 km average — near enough to the mean that the apparent size is unremarkable. The degree, 13°47' Capricorn, places it in the second decan of Capricorn, on the axis that runs across to Cancer. It is the 1st of the 25 lunations dated for 2030, and the cycle it belongs to is set out in what a lunation is.
Exact time where you are
That instant — 02:50 UTC on January 4, 2030 — 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 | 21:50 the day before | 3 January |
| Los Angeles | 18:50 the day before | 3 January |
| London | 02:50 | 4 January |
| Delhi | 08:20 | 4 January |
| Sydney | 13:50 | 4 January |
| Istanbul | 05:50 | 4 January |
Which house it falls in for your sign
Counted from each sign as the first house, this new moon at 13°47' 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 13°47' 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 January 4, 2030 marks is a position rather than an event: 13°47' Capricorn, in the second decan, with the Sun at 13°47' Capricorn. The house it occupies in your own chart matters more than the sign name, and the table above gives that house for 13°47' Capricorn, 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 January 4, 2030.
- Before it: the full moon of December 20, 2029
- After it: the full moon of January 19, 2030
- The last new moon in Capricorn: January 14, 2029
Questions people ask about this
What time is the new moon on January 4, 2030?
02:50 UTC on January 4, 2030; the table above converts that single instant to six local clocks.
What sign is this new moon in?
13°47' Capricorn — the second decan. The chart reading for January 4, 2030 works from that degree rather than from the sign name on its own.
Does a new moon cause anything?
No. On January 4, 2030 the Moon simply reaches 13°47' Capricorn; what the chart gives is a position and a house, not an event.