New Moon March 2026 in Pisces
The new moon of March 2026 is exact on Thursday, March 19, 2026 at 01:24 UTC, with the Sun and Moon together at 28°27' Pisces. Your time:
Status as of November 2, 2026: 228 days ago.
What time is the March 2026 new moon?
At 01:24 UTC on March 19, 2026, which is Wed, Mar 18, 09:24 PM in New York and Wed, Mar 18, 06:24 PM in Los Angeles.
What sign is the March 2026 new moon in?
Pisces: the Sun and Moon meet at 28°27' Pisces.
Can you see the March 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 March 20, 2026.
Is the March 2026 new moon a supermoon?
No: the Moon is 373,309 km away, closer than the 384,400 km average but outside the 360,000 km supermoon line; it is number 6 of 2026’s 12 new moons by closeness.
Is the March 2026 new moon an eclipse?
No: the Moon passes 1.76° north of the ecliptic, so its shadow misses Earth.
When is the next new moon after March 2026?
On April 17, 2026 at 11:52 UTC, in Aries.
Computed details, March 19, 2026
| Exact time (UTC) | March 19, 2026, 01:24 UTC Your time: |
|---|---|
| Moon | ♓︎ 28°27' Pisces |
| Sun | ♓︎ 28°27' Pisces |
| Distance from Earth | 373,309 km (−11,091 km) |
| Apparent size | 32.0 arcminutes |
| Nearest perigee | March 22, 2026, 11:38 UTC · 366,846 km 3 d 10 h after |
| Distance from the ecliptic | 1.76° north |
| Closeness rank | 6 of 12 (2026) |
| Lunar month (to the next new moon) | 29 d 10 h |
Local clock readings
| Place | Local time |
|---|---|
| Los Angeles | Wed, Mar 18, 06:24 PM |
| New York | Wed, Mar 18, 09:24 PM |
| London | Thu, Mar 19, 01:24 AM |
| India | Thu, Mar 19, 06:54 AM |
| Sydney | Thu, Mar 19, 12:24 PM |
What a new moon in Pisces means
With the Sun and Moon together in Pisces, this new moon opens a cycle of about four weeks that peaks at the full moon in Libra on April 2, 2026. Pisces is a mutable water sign ruled by Neptune; its keywords: intuitive, compassionate, dreamy.
Boundaries soften. Moods drift, empathy rises, and so does the pull toward escape: sleep, screens, a drink, a daydream. Kind days for art, rest and forgiving; careless days for money and detail.
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).