New Moon: April 2028
The short answer
The New Moon in April 2028 is exact at 19:49 UTC on 24 April 2028, at 5.2° Taurus.
The New Moon in April 2028 is exact at 19:49 UTC on 24 April 2028, at 5.2° Taurus.
Exact instant: 19:49 UTC on 24 April 2028, at 5.2° Taurus.
| City | Local time |
|---|---|
| Sydney | 5:49 am AEST, Apr 25 |
| London | 8:49 PM GMT+1, Apr 24 |
| New York | 3:49 PM EDT, Apr 24 |
| Los Angeles | 12:49 PM PDT, Apr 24 |
| Mumbai | 1:19 AM GMT+5:30, Apr 25 |
| Tokyo | 4:49 AM GMT+9, Apr 25 |
The sky at that moment
1st decan of Taurus (5.2°), the Taurus third of the sign, traditionally ruled by Venus.
- The Moon is 3.6° from a square to Pluto.
- The Moon is 3.7° from a conjunction with Saturn.
Nineteen years earlier, on Saturday 25 April 2009 (Sydney), the New Moon fell at 5.1° Taurus, 0.1° from this one: the Moon's phases come back to almost the same dates every 19 years.
Seeing it from Australia
A New Moon cannot be seen. From Australia the first thin crescent shows low in the west after sunset a day or two later, lit on its left side (in the Northern Hemisphere it is lit on the right).
| City | Moonrise | Moonset |
|---|---|---|
| Brisbane | about 6:16 am AEST | about 5:15 pm AEST |
| Sydney | about 6:35 am AEST | about 5:10 pm AEST |
| Melbourne | about 7:09 am AEST | about 5:27 pm AEST |
| Adelaide | about 7:00 am ACST | about 5:29 pm ACST |
| Hobart | about 7:12 am AEST | about 5:04 pm AEST |
| Perth | about 6:59 am AWST | about 5:39 pm AWST |
| Darwin | about 6:55 am ACST | about 6:42 pm ACST |
Where it falls, by rising sign
What a new moon tends to do in a house: New Moon meaning.
| Rising sign | Where this new moon falls for you |
|---|---|
| Aries | Your 2nd house: the money you earn, what you own, and what you think you are worth. |
| Taurus | Your 1st house: you, your body, your appearance, the first impression you make. |
| Gemini | Your 12th house: rest, retreat, endings, and what you have not admitted yet. |
| Cancer | Your 11th house: friends, groups, networks, and what you are aiming at next. |
| Leo | Your 10th house: your career, your public standing, and the people above you. |
| Virgo | Your 9th house: long trips, study, publishing, law, and what you believe. |
| Libra | Your 8th house: joint finances, debt, tax, inheritance, and what you only say in private. |
| Scorpio | Your 7th house: your significant other, close business partners, and open opponents. |
| Sagittarius | Your 6th house: the actual work of your days, routines, and your body's upkeep. |
| Capricorn | Your 5th house: romance, flirtation, children, and anything you make for the joy of it. |
| Aquarius | Your 4th house: home, family, where you are from, and your private life. |
| Pisces | Your 3rd house: conversations, messages, short trips, siblings and neighbours. |
Where this time comes from
A lunation is the instant the Sun-Moon angle crosses 0° (New Moon) or 180° (Full Moon), found by scanning the real ephemeris hourly and bisecting to the exact minute. The same engine drives the full moon calendar.
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