The figures
At 20:57 UTC on Saturday, September 4, 2032 the Moon and the Sun meet at 12°52' Virgo. The distance is 406,192 km, 21,792 km further out than the 384,400 km average — near enough to the mean that the apparent size is unremarkable. The degree, 12°52' Virgo, places it in the second decan of Virgo, on the axis that runs across to Pisces. It is the 17th of the 24 lunations dated for 2032, and the cycle it belongs to is set out in what a lunation is.
Exact time where you are
That instant — 20:57 UTC on September 4, 2032 — 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 | 16:57 | 4 September |
| Los Angeles | 13:57 | 4 September |
| London | 21:57 | 4 September |
| Delhi | 02:27 the next day | 5 September |
| Sydney | 06:57 the next day | 5 September |
| Istanbul | 23:57 | 4 September |
Which house it falls in for your sign
Counted from each sign as the first house, this new moon at 12°52' 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 12°52' 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 4, 2032 marks is a position rather than an event: 12°52' Virgo, in the second decan, with the Sun at 12°52' Virgo. The house it occupies in your own chart matters more than the sign name, and the table above gives that house for 12°52' 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 4, 2032.
- Before it: the full moon of August 21, 2032
- After it: the full moon of September 19, 2032
- The last new moon in Virgo: September 16, 2031
Questions people ask about this
What time is the new moon on September 4, 2032?
20:57 UTC on September 4, 2032; the table above converts that single instant to six local clocks.
What sign is this new moon in?
12°52' Virgo — the second decan. The chart reading for September 4, 2032 works from that degree rather than from the sign name on its own.
Does a new moon cause anything?
No. On September 4, 2032 the Moon simply reaches 12°52' Virgo; what the chart gives is a position and a house, not an event.