Current and Upcoming Moon Phases
Moon Phases & Special Moon Events in 2023
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Moon Phases with Significant Moon Events
(Times are Eastern)
See also the Solar Eclipse and Lunar Eclipse charts page. For more information about what Solar and Lunar eclipses mean, see Lunations.
See also many other lists and astrological data on the Astrology of 2023 page.
Moon Phases 2023
Date in 2023 | Time (Eastern) | Lunar Phase/Moon Event |
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Jan 6 | 6:08 PM | Full Moon 16 Cancer 22 (Micro Full Moon) |
Jan 14 | 9:10 PM | Last Quarter Moon 24 Lib 38 |
Jan 21 | 3:53 PM | New Moon 1 Aquarius 33 (Super New Moon) |
Jan 28 | 10:19 AM | First Quarter Moon 8 Tau 26 |
Feb 5 | 1:28 PM | Full Moon 16 Leo 41 (Micro Full Moon) |
Feb 13 | 11:01 AM | Last Quarter Moon 24 Sco 40 |
Feb 20 | 2:06 AM | New Moon 1 Pisces 22 (Super New Moon) |
Feb 27 | 3:05 AM | First Quarter Moon 8 Gem 28 |
Mar 7 | 7:40 AM | Full Moon 16 Virgo 40 |
Mar 14 | 10:08 PM | Last Quarter Moon 24 Sag 13 |
Mar 21 | 1:23 PM | New Moon 0 Aries 49 |
Mar 28 | 10:32 PM | First Quarter Moon 8 Can 09 |
Apr 6 | 12:34 AM | Full Moon 16 Libra 07 |
Apr 13 | 5:11 AM | Last Quarter Moon 23 Cap 11 |
Apr 20 | 12:12 AM | New Moon Solar Eclipse (A. Total) 29 Aries 50 |
Apr 27 | 5:20 PM | First Quarter Moon 7 Leo 22 |
May 5 | 1:34 PM | Full Moon Lunar Eclipse 14 Scorpio 58 |
May 12 | 10:28 AM | Last Quarter Moon 21 Aqu 37 |
May 19 | 11:53 AM | New Moon 28 Taurus 26 |
May 27 | 11:22 AM | First Quarter Moon 6 Vir 06 |
Jun 3 | 11:42 PM | Full Moon 13 Sagittarius 18 |
Jun 10 | 3:31 PM | Last Quarter Moon 19 Pis 40 |
Jun 18 | 12:37 AM | New Moon 26 Gemini 44 |
Jun 26 | 3:50 AM | First Quarter Moon 4 Lib 29' |
Jul 3 | 7:38 AM | Full Moon 11 Capricorn 18 |
Jul 9 | 9:48 PM | Last Quarter Moon 17 Ari 36' |
Jul 17 | 2:32 PM | New Moon 24 Cancer 56 |
Jul 25 | 6:07 PM | First Quarter Moon 2 Sco 43' |
Aug 1 | 2:31 PM | Full Moon 9 Aquarius 16 (Super Full Moon) |
Aug 8 | 6:28 AM | Last Quarter Moon 15 Tau 38' |
Aug 16 | 5:38 AM | New Moon 23 Leo 17 (Micro New Moon) |
Aug 24 | 5:57 AM | First Quarter Moon 1 Sag 00' |
Aug 30 | 9:35 PM | Full Moon 7 Pisces 25 (Super Full Moon) |
Sep 6 | 6:21 PM | Last Quarter Moon 14 Gem 04' |
Sep 14 | 9:40 PM | New Moon 21 Virgo 59 |
Sep 22 | 3:32 PM | First Quarter Moon 29 Sag 32 |
Sep 29 | 5:57 AM | Full Moon 6 Aries 01 |
Oct 6 | 9:47 AM | Last Quarter Moon 13 Can 03' |
Oct 14 | 1:55 PM | New Moon Solar Eclipse (Annular) 21 Libra 07 |
Oct 21 | 11:29 PM | First Quarter Moon 28 Cap 28' |
Oct 28 | 4:24 PM | Full Moon Lunar Eclipse (Penumbral) 5 Taurus 09 |
Nov 5 | 3:37 AM | Last Quarter Moon 12 Leo 40' |
Nov 13 | 4:27 AM | New Moon 20 Scorpio 44 |
Nov 20 | 5:50 AM | First Quarter Moon 27 Aqu 51' |
Nov 27 | 4:16 AM | Full Moon 4 Gemini 51 |
Dec 5 | 12:49 AM | Last Quarter Moon 12 Vir 49' |
Dec 12 | 6:32 PM | New Moon 20 Sagittarius 40 |
Dec 19 | 1:39 PM | First Quarter Moon 27 Pis 36' |
Dec 26 | 7:33 PM | Full Moon 4 Cancer 58 |
(Times are Eastern)
See also: The Astrology of 2023 – Overview
Note: A Super Full or New Moon is simply a lunation occurring close to the time of the Moon’s perigee, which means it occurs during the time when the Moon makes its closer approach to the earth and may have a slightly stronger effect.
A Micro New or Full Moon occurs close to the time of the Moon’s apogee, which means it happens when the Moon is a little further away and may have a slightly weaker effect. Typically, several “SuperMoons” occur each year.
Black and Blue Moons are not typically astrologically significant. For example, a Blue Moon occurs on August 30th since it’s the second Full Moon in the calendar month of August. It happens because lunar cycles are approximately 29-30 days while calendar months are typically a little longer than 29-30 days and occurs every 29-30 months.
See the Planetary Overview for 2023 for Astrological events throughout the year, including Void Moon times, outer planet transits, eclipses, and more.
A good source for Moon events in your location is Time and Date Lunar Calendar.
This Year’s Outer Planet Positions By Sign (General Trends):
Outer Planets in Signs in 2023
Jupiter in Aries Faith in yourself and your future is emphasized as you begin this new cycle. A feeling that anything is possible leads to new ventures, a clean break from the past. At its best, this is a very positive and optimistic new cycle in your life, but at times, overconfidence can border on foolhardy bravery. Don’t burn your bridges behind you!
Jupiter in Taurus A kind of Midas touch is signaled by the new cycle now dawning in your life. Prosperity and security take center stage in your thoughts; a gentle but committed conservatism brings you all kinds of good things. Take care of the material things, and the spiritual will take care of itself: that’s your orientation now.
Saturn in Aquarius Ideals are in for a period of testing, as a new phase begins in your life. What are principles worth, unless they are put into practice? That’s an important question for you now. This could mean you may be disappointed by causes you believe in – but if you abandon your principles, you lose.
Saturn in Pisces Making peace with the past, coming to terms with karmic debts: these are some of the issues that confront you as a new phase begins in your life. Failure to face these things can cause setbacks and put obstacles in your path. Learn to look beyond the narrowly personal and selfish or you’ll get in over your head.
Uranus in Taurus Practicality and ingenuity combine as powerful drives in your life now that you have begun a new cycle. Taking innovative concepts and making them real and practical is your strong suit; getting stuck in the mud is to be avoided at all costs. Financial savvy, inventiveness, worldly genius.
Neptune in Pisces Things spiritual and psychic take the driver’s seat of your imagination as you begin a new cycle. The fine arts and all manner of fantasies assume a larger-than-life importance. Surrendering to fate, karma, and other powers greater than merely mortal may be seen as the ultimate liberation. If all is Maya (illusion), what is the reality that gives rise to the world of appearances?
Pluto in Capricorn As this new phase dawns for you, the pursuit of social/political power and status has a way of seeming necessary and inevitable – and let nothing stand in its way. It starts out small but has bigger consequences than you’d think. Ambition, responsibility, a place for everyone, and everyone in their place…
Pluto in Aquarius Reform, revolution, a rejection of the past and a focus on the future: these are the signatures of the new phase now beginning in your life. Tradition becomes irrelevant, and the conventional wisdom is revealed as dogma or outright nonsense – and what’s the difference, really? Radical changes in all things social and intellectual.
The interpretations in this box are from the Day Watch software.
Take a peek at the year ahead with in-depth Future Forecast Reports from Cafe Astrology.
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See also:
The Astrology of 2023 – Overview