The figures
At 04:31 UTC on Thursday, January 23, 2031 the Moon and the Sun meet at 2°57' Aquarius. The distance is 361,105 km, 23,295 km closer than the 384,400 km average — near enough to the mean that the apparent size is unremarkable. The degree, 2°57' Aquarius, places it in the first decan of Aquarius, on the axis that runs across to Leo. It is the 2nd of the 25 lunations dated for 2031, and the cycle it belongs to is set out in what a lunation is.
Exact time where you are
That instant — 04:31 UTC on January 23, 2031 — 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 | 23:31 the day before | 22 January |
| Los Angeles | 20:31 the day before | 22 January |
| London | 04:31 | 23 January |
| Delhi | 10:01 | 23 January |
| Sydney | 15:31 | 23 January |
| Istanbul | 07:31 | 23 January |
Which house it falls in for your sign
Counted from each sign as the first house, this new moon at 2°57' Aquarius falls here:
| Sign | House | What that house covers |
|---|---|---|
| Aries | 11th house | friends, groups, networks and what you are aiming at |
| Taurus | 10th house | career, public standing and what you are known for |
| Gemini | 9th house | distance, study, belief, travel and the long view |
| Cancer | 8th house | shared money, debt, intimacy and what is not said out loud |
| Leo | 7th house | partners, opponents and anyone you deal with one to one |
| Virgo | 6th house | work, routine, health and the small maintenance of a life |
| Libra | 5th house | play, romance, children and anything you make for its own sake |
| Scorpio | 4th house | home, family, roots and private ground |
| Sagittarius | 3rd house | conversation, short trips, siblings and daily information |
| Capricorn | 2nd house | money, possessions and what you consider yours |
| Aquarius | 1st house | your own bearing, appearance and the first move |
| Pisces | 12th house | rest, solitude, what is behind you and what runs unattended |
A new moon in Aquarius
Anything within a couple of degrees of 2°57' Aquarius in a natal chart is contacted directly by this one, and so is anything near the same degree of Leo, Taurus or Scorpio, since those are the other three corners of the same cross.
What the new moon of January 23, 2031 marks is a position rather than an event: 2°57' Aquarius, in the first decan, with the Sun at 2°57' Aquarius. The house it occupies in your own chart matters more than the sign name, and the table above gives that house for 2°57' Aquarius, 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 23, 2031.
- Before it: the full moon of January 8, 2031
- After it: the full moon of February 7, 2031
- The last new moon in Aquarius: February 2, 2030
Questions people ask about this
What time is the new moon on January 23, 2031?
04:31 UTC on January 23, 2031; the table above converts that single instant to six local clocks.
What sign is this new moon in?
2°57' Aquarius — the first decan. The chart reading for January 23, 2031 works from that degree rather than from the sign name on its own.
Does a new moon cause anything?
No. On January 23, 2031 the Moon simply reaches 2°57' Aquarius; what the chart gives is a position and a house, not an event.