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New Moon in Leo: Dates, Degrees and Meaning
New Moon in Leo is a beginning: something made in your own name and shown to somebody. Every date for the next six years computed from the ephemeris, which ones are eclipses, and how to tell whether one is yours.
The short answerNew Moon in Leo is a beginning in the territory Leo covers, which the old keyword sums up as "I will". In practice: something made in your own name and shown to somebody. The Sun is in Leo too, because a new moon happens when they meet. The next one is August 2, 2027, 6:05 AM ET.
Every New Moon in Leo, with dates
A new moon lands in each sign roughly once a year, because the Sun takes a year to go round and the lunar month fits into it about twelve and a half times. These are computed from the ephemeris, in US Eastern time.
| Date | Exact degree | Also an eclipse? |
|---|---|---|
| August 2, 2027 | 9°55' Leo | Yes, a total solar eclipse |
| August 20, 2028 | 27°57' Leo | No |
| August 9, 2029 | 17°45' Leo | No |
| July 30, 2030 | 7°22' Leo | No |
| August 18, 2031 | 25°05' Leo | No |
The degree matters more than most pages admit. A lunation only means much for you personally if that degree is close to something in your own chart, within a few degrees. A new moon at 12 degrees of Leo is a significant week for somebody with a planet at 11 degrees of Leo and an ordinary one for everybody else.
One of these is an eclipseAn eclipse is a lunation that happens near one of the Moon's nodes, which is the only place the Sun, Moon and Earth can line up exactly. Eclipses are read as the same thing turned up: faster, less optional, and with effects that tend to show up over months rather than days. What the nodes are is covered here.
What a new moon actually is
At a new moon the Sun and the Moon are in the same degree of the same sign, which is why there is nothing to see: the lit face is turned away from us. Traditionally it is the start of the lunar month and the point for setting something going rather than finishing it.
The sign tells you the subject. Leo is Fire, Fixed, ruled by the Sun, and its keyword is I will. So a new moon here puts something made in your own name and shown to somebody on the table.
| Moon in | Leo |
| Sun in | Leo |
| Element and mode | Fire, Fixed |
| Ruled by | the Sun |
| Good for | start something small and specific |
| The Leo version | something made in your own name and shown to somebody |
Why you cannot see a new moon
Because the lit half is facing away from us. The Moon is between the Earth and the Sun, so the side turned toward us is in its own shadow. A new moon is invisible by definition, and the thin crescent people call a new moon is already a day or two old.
Practically that is the argument for what the phase is used for: there is nothing to show yet. A new moon in Leo is for something made in your own name and shown to somebody, and specifically for the version of it nobody else needs to know about for a fortnight.
Which part of your life it lands in
The sign is the same for everybody. The house it falls in is not, and that is what decides whether a lunation is about your job, your money or your marriage. On whole sign houses, which is the system this uses, it follows directly from your rising sign.
| Rising sign | House it lands in | So it is about |
|---|---|---|
| Aries | 5th | romance, children and creative work |
| Taurus | 4th | home, family and property |
| Gemini | 3rd | talking, learning, siblings, short trips |
| Cancer | 2nd | money you earn and what you own |
| Leo | 1st | you, your body, how you come across |
| Virgo | 12th | rest, grief and what nobody sees |
| Libra | 11th | friends, groups and hopes |
| Scorpio | 10th | career and reputation |
| Sagittarius | 9th | travel, study and belief |
| Capricorn | 8th | shared money, intimacy and endings |
| Aquarius | 7th | partnership, marriage and open conflict |
| Pisces | 6th | daily work, health and routine |
That table is the single most useful thing on this page. A new moon in Leo is a career event for one person and a money event for another, and which one it is for you is fixed by a birth time rather than by a birthday.
What to do with it
- Check the degree in the table against your own chart. If nothing of yours is within about three degrees, this is a calendar entry rather than an event.
- Keep it to one thing. A new moon list of fourteen intentions is a wish list.
- The Leo version of the job: put your name on it.
- Give it a fortnight. A new moon's results show at the full moon two weeks later; a full moon's clearing shows at the new moon two weeks after that.
What the Moon does and does not doThe Moon moves the tides because it pulls on an entire ocean. It does not measurably pull on a person: the tidal force across a human body is smaller than the force of the person sitting next to you. The large studies looking for lunar effects on births, psychiatric admissions and crime have not found them. None of that makes a lunar practice pointless. It makes it a calendar: a recurring, visible, shared prompt to stop and check what you are doing, which is a real use and an honest description of one.
If you want to know whether this one is yours
That depends on where Leo falls in your chart, which needs your birth time. The same new moon lands in your career house, your money house or your marriage house depending on what was rising when you were born. Here is how to find your birth time.
Questions people ask
When is the next New Moon in Leo?
August 2, 2027, 6:05 AM ET, at 9°55' Leo.
What is the New Moon in Leo good for?
Start something small and specific. The Leo version: something made in your own name and shown to somebody.
Where is the Sun during a New Moon in Leo?
In Leo as well. A new moon is the Sun and Moon meeting in the same degree.
Does a new moon affect everyone?
Only loosely. It matters to you personally when its degree is within a few degrees of something in your own chart. Otherwise it is a date in a shared calendar.
RubyAstro writes about astrology for reflection and self-understanding. Nothing here is medical, legal or financial advice, and none of it is a prediction of events. Read our full disclaimer.
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