The Moon on April 16, 2026

Where the Moon sits on April 16, 2026: her sign, phase, and void-of-course windows, computed with the Swiss Ephemeris. Times in UTC; for your own timezone see the live Moon tool.

☽ Aries

New Moon · making aspects all day

With the Moon in Aries, the emotional weather runs bold and headlong. The new moon is a beginning, a seed in the dark, good for setting intentions.

What an Aries Moon feels like

When the Moon moves through Aries, the mood of the day tilts bold and headlong. The Moon is the fastest body in the sky and she sets the emotional weather, so this is the undertone beneath April 16, 2026, changing again in a day or two as she moves on. Aries is ruled by Mars, and that rulership is where the sign's style comes from.

Her phase is the other half. This is a new moon: a beginning, a seed in the dark, good for setting intentions. If you are timing something that matters, the rule of thumb is to build on a waxing Moon, release on a waning one, and steer clear of the void-of-course windows above.

For the void-of-course windows on April 16, 2026 led up front, with what to do about them, see the void of course read for this date.

The Moon's aspects on April 16, 2026

At 2:37 AM UTC, the Moon meets Saturn, sobering the day, feelings meet a real limit or an old responsibility. At 6:53 PM UTC, the Moon squares off with Jupiter, tempting overreach, the urge to promise or spend more than is wise.

What to do with an Aries Moon on April 16, 2026

Good day to start rather than plan further, decisiveness reads as competence right now. Watch the temper: the quick reaction costs more than it solves.

Timing something on April 16?

Find the exact best window for your city and intention in the free timing finder. For the dates that are yours rather than everyone's, the Year-Ahead Reading reads your next twelve months from your own chart.

Open the timing finder The Year-Ahead Reading on Etsy