New Moon December 2026 in Sagittarius
The new moon of December 2026 is exact on Wednesday, December 9, 2026 at 00:52 UTC, with the Sun and Moon together at 16°57' Sagittarius. Your time:
Status as of November 2, 2026: in 37 days.
What time is the December 2026 new moon?
At 00:52 UTC on December 9, 2026, which is Tue, Dec 8, 07:52 PM in New York and Tue, Dec 8, 04:52 PM in Los Angeles.
What sign is the December 2026 new moon in?
Sagittarius: the Sun and Moon meet at 16°57' Sagittarius.
Can you see the December 2026 new moon?
No: the Moon is between Earth and the Sun with its unlit side towards us, and the first thin crescent shows low in the west after sunset about a day or two later, around December 10, 2026.
Is the December 2026 new moon a supermoon?
No: at 404,678 km the Moon is farther than the 384,400 km average; it is the farthest of 2026’s 12 new moons.
Is the December 2026 new moon an eclipse?
No: the Moon passes 4.60° south of the ecliptic, so its shadow misses Earth.
When is the next new moon after December 2026?
On January 7, 2027 at 20:25 UTC, in Capricorn.
Computed details, December 9, 2026
| Exact time (UTC) | December 9, 2026, 00:52 UTC Your time: |
|---|---|
| Moon | ♐︎ 16°57' Sagittarius |
| Sun | ♐︎ 16°56' Sagittarius |
| Distance from Earth | 404,678 km (+20,278 km) |
| Apparent size | 29.5 arcminutes |
| Nearest perigee | November 25, 2026, 21:02 UTC · 359,335 km 13 d 4 h before |
| Distance from the ecliptic | 4.60° south |
| Closeness rank | 12 of 12 (2026) |
| Lunar month (to the next new moon) | 29 d 20 h |
Local clock readings
| Place | Local time |
|---|---|
| Los Angeles | Tue, Dec 8, 04:52 PM |
| New York | Tue, Dec 8, 07:52 PM |
| London | Wed, Dec 9, 12:52 AM |
| India | Wed, Dec 9, 06:22 AM |
| Sydney | Wed, Dec 9, 11:52 AM |
What a new moon in Sagittarius means
With the Sun and Moon together in Sagittarius, this new moon opens a cycle of about four weeks that peaks at the full moon in Cancer on December 24, 2026. Sagittarius is a mutable fire sign ruled by Jupiter; its keywords: adventurous, honest, philosophical.
Restlessness and optimism return. People want distance, ideas, a plan bigger than the day. Good for travel, teaching and saying the frank thing; the risk is promising more than the week can hold.
What it means for your sign: The house this lunation falls in for each of the 12 sun signs.
The instant is the same everywhere; only the clock reading changes. Distances are centre to centre. There is no official supermoon definition: here a supermoon is a new moon with the Moon within 360,000 km of Earth, a micromoon one beyond 405,000 km. Computed with astronomy-engine, tropical zodiac. Data: new-moon/2026.json (CC0 JSON).