The figures
At 15:49 UTC on Friday, February 21, 2031 the Moon and the Sun meet at 2°49' Pisces. The distance is 369,324 km, 15,076 km closer than the 384,400 km average — near enough to the mean that the apparent size is unremarkable. The degree, 2°49' Pisces, places it in the first decan of Pisces, on the axis that runs across to Virgo. It is the 4th 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 — 15:49 UTC on February 21, 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 | 10:49 | 21 February |
| Los Angeles | 07:49 | 21 February |
| London | 15:49 | 21 February |
| Delhi | 21:19 | 21 February |
| Sydney | 02:49 the next day | 22 February |
| Istanbul | 18:49 | 21 February |
Which house it falls in for your sign
Counted from each sign as the first house, this new moon at 2°49' Pisces falls here:
| Sign | House | What that house covers |
|---|---|---|
| Aries | 12th house | rest, solitude, what is behind you and what runs unattended |
| Taurus | 11th house | friends, groups, networks and what you are aiming at |
| Gemini | 10th house | career, public standing and what you are known for |
| Cancer | 9th house | distance, study, belief, travel and the long view |
| Leo | 8th house | shared money, debt, intimacy and what is not said out loud |
| Virgo | 7th house | partners, opponents and anyone you deal with one to one |
| Libra | 6th house | work, routine, health and the small maintenance of a life |
| Scorpio | 5th house | play, romance, children and anything you make for its own sake |
| Sagittarius | 4th house | home, family, roots and private ground |
| Capricorn | 3rd house | conversation, short trips, siblings and daily information |
| Aquarius | 2nd house | money, possessions and what you consider yours |
| Pisces | 1st house | your own bearing, appearance and the first move |
A new moon in Pisces
Anything within a couple of degrees of 2°49' Pisces in a natal chart is contacted directly by this one, and so is anything near the same degree of Virgo, Gemini or Sagittarius, since those are the other three corners of the same cross.
What the new moon of February 21, 2031 marks is a position rather than an event: 2°49' Pisces, in the first decan, with the Sun at 2°49' Pisces. The house it occupies in your own chart matters more than the sign name, and the table above gives that house for 2°49' Pisces, sign by sign.
Where this one sits in the cycle
The lunation before this one fell 14 days earlier and the next follows 16 days after February 21, 2031.
- Before it: the full moon of February 7, 2031
- After it: the full moon of March 9, 2031
- The last new moon in Pisces: March 4, 2030
Questions people ask about this
What time is the new moon on February 21, 2031?
15:49 UTC on February 21, 2031; the table above converts that single instant to six local clocks.
What sign is this new moon in?
2°49' Pisces — the first decan. The chart reading for February 21, 2031 works from that degree rather than from the sign name on its own.
Does a new moon cause anything?
No. On February 21, 2031 the Moon simply reaches 2°49' Pisces; what the chart gives is a position and a house, not an event.