New moon

New moon November 2025 in Scorpio

The new moon of November 2025 is exact on Thursday 20 November 2025 at 06:47 UTC, at 28°12′ Scorpio.

Position
Scorpio 28°12′

The Moon enters Scorpio on 17 November at 21:44 UTC and moves into Sagittarius on 20 November at 10:25 UTC.

Distance from Earth
406,673 km

The farthest of the 12 new moons of 2025

Constellation behind the Moon
Libra

The sign is Scorpio, but the stars behind the Moon belong to Libra.

Length of this cycle
29 days 19 hours

From this new moon to the next. The average from 2025 to 2027 is 29 days 12 hours.

What time is it where you are?

The same instant falls on different dates around the world, so check the date as well as the time.

CityDateLocal time
New YorkThu 20 Nov01:47
Los AngelesWed 19 Nov22:47
São PauloThu 20 Nov03:47
LondonThu 20 Nov06:47
MadridThu 20 Nov07:47
LagosThu 20 Nov07:47
DubaiThu 20 Nov10:47
MumbaiThu 20 Nov12:17
SingaporeThu 20 Nov14:47
TokyoThu 20 Nov15:47
SydneyThu 20 Nov17:47

When to look for the first crescent

A new moon itself cannot be seen, because it sits in the Sun's glare. The thin crescent usually shows up low in the west after sunset once the Moon sets about 60 minutes after the Sun. This is the first evening that happens in each city.

CityEveningSunsetMoonset
New YorkSat 22 Nov16:3217:56
Los AngelesSat 22 Nov16:4518:26
São PauloFri 21 Nov18:3320:00
LondonThu 20 Nov16:0416:03
MadridSat 22 Nov17:5219:06
LagosSat 22 Nov18:2620:15
DubaiSat 22 Nov17:2918:54
MumbaiSat 22 Nov17:5919:27
SingaporeSat 22 Nov18:5220:31
TokyoSat 22 Nov16:3017:31
SydneyFri 21 Nov19:4220:49

Clear skies and a low western horizon help a lot, so treat these as the first good chance, not a promise.

The stars behind this new moon

Signs follow the seasons and constellations are patterns of stars, and the two have drifted apart over the centuries. At 28°12′ Scorpio, the Moon actually stands in front of Libra, the scales, not the constellation Scorpio is named after. The Sun, right beside the Moon at 28°11′ Scorpio, is in front of Libra.

How close is the Moon?

At 406,673 km from Earth, this is the farthest of the 12 new moons of 2025.

Perigee, the closest point of this orbit, comes on 4 December 2025 at 11:07 UTC, 14 days after the exact new moon, at 356,953 km. Apogee, the farthest point, comes on 20 November 2025 at 406,682 km.

The planets at this new moon

Where everything else stands at the exact moment, and any major aspect each planet makes to the Moon, using the same orbs Hali uses in every chart.

PlanetPositionAspect to the Moon
MercuryScorpio 28°27′ retrogradeConjunction, 0.3° orb
VenusScorpio 16°43′None
MarsSagittarius 11°23′None
JupiterCancer 25°01′ retrogradeTrine, 3.2° orb
SaturnPisces 25°12′ retrogradeTrine, 3.0° orb
UranusTaurus 29°29′ retrogradeOpposition, 1.3° orb
NeptunePisces 29°29′ retrogradeTrine, 1.3° orb
PlutoAquarius 1°41′Sextile, 3.5° orb

The tightest contact is a conjunction with Mercury, 0.3° from exact. With Mercury right beside the Moon, its themes tend to blend into the feel of these days. With Uranus opposite the Moon, its themes tend to show up as a pull in another direction. A trine from Neptune tends to make its themes easy to draw on. Mercury, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune are retrograde at this moment.

Planets to look for

With no Moon in the evening sky, the nights around a new moon are the darkest of the month, good for planets and faint stars.

  • Mercury is too close to the Sun to see.
  • Venus is too close to the Sun to see.
  • Mars is too close to the Sun to see.
  • Jupiter is in the morning sky before dawn, in front of Gemini.
  • Saturn is in the evening sky after sunset, in front of Aquarius.

Eclipse season

The Moon is 72.8° from the South Node, one of the two points where its path crosses the Sun's. Eclipses only happen when a new or full moon falls near a node, so this one falls outside eclipse season. The next eclipse is the annular solar eclipse at the new moon of February 2026.

This lunar cycle

This new moon starts a cycle that peaks with the full moon in Gemini on 4 December 2025. It ends with the next new moon on 20 December 2025.

A new moon in Scorpio

The Sun and Moon meet in Scorpio, so this new moon goes deep. It is a good moment to let something end so something truer can begin.

Astrology reads full and new moons as moments for reflection, not predictions. Take what helps and leave the rest.

When the Moon is in Scorpio

Scorpio Moon days run deep. Feelings grow stronger, secrets surface and small talk feels hollow, so it's a good time for honest conversations and for letting something go.

The same moon in other years

Today's Moon changes every few days. Yours never does.

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