When is the August 2032 new moon?
Friday 6 August 2032, at 05:14 UTC — the moment the Moon and the Sun meet at the same degree of Leo. Nothing is visible that night, which is why the date is computed rather than observed.
New Moon
The August new moon is exact on Friday, 6 August 2032 at 05:14 UTC, with the Moon and the Sun together in Leo.
A new moon in Leo starts the thing you would do for the pleasure of it: the class, the instrument, the project with your own name on it. It asks for one piece of visible output rather than preparation, so publish the rough version and let the polish come later.
| Month | Date | Sign |
|---|---|---|
| January | 12 January 2032 | Capricorn |
| February | 11 February 2032 | Aquarius |
| March | 11 March 2032 | Pisces |
| April | 10 April 2032 | Aries |
| May | 9 May 2032 | Taurus |
| June | 8 June 2032 | Gemini |
| July | 7 July 2032 | Cancer |
| August (this page) | 6 August 2032 | Leo |
| September | 4 September 2032 | Virgo |
| October | 4 October 2032 | Libra |
| November | 3 November 2032 | Scorpio |
| December | 2 December 2032 | Sagittarius |
Dates are Universal Time (UT). A station close to midnight can fall on the previous day in the Americas and on the next day in Europe.
Friday 6 August 2032, at 05:14 UTC — the moment the Moon and the Sun meet at the same degree of Leo. Nothing is visible that night, which is why the date is computed rather than observed.
Leo, the sign the Sun is passing through. A new moon is a conjunction, so the two bodies always share it, and it moves on by one sign each month.
05:14 UTC in Universal Time, which is one instant everywhere. New York runs five hours behind it, Madrid one or two ahead, Buenos Aires three; if it falls close to midnight your local date sits a day either side of 6 August 2032.
4 September 2032, in Virgo. New moons repeat every 29 or 30 days, and the table above lists all of them for 2032.
Start one thing and keep it small enough to survive the week. The usual practice is to write one to three intentions within a day of 05:14 UTC and take a first step inside forty-eight hours, with Leo setting the tone. Endings belong to the full moon a fortnight later.