Full Moon & New Moon — October 2027
October 2027 brings a full moon on October 15 and a new moon on October 29. Exact times are US Eastern, computed from the Swiss Ephemeris, with the zodiac degree each moon falls at.
✦Reviewed by the CosmyDay Astrology TeamLast reviewed August 2026
Moon phases in October 2027
- ●Full Moon — October 15, 20279:47 AM ET · 21° Aries
- ○New Moon — October 29, 20279:37 AM ET · 5° Scorpio
Times localized to US Eastern. Source: Swiss Ephemeris.
Full Moon in Aries — October 15, 2027
Exact at 9:47 AM ET · 21° Aries
Impatience arrives as clarity
A full moon in Aries lights up whatever you have been waiting politely for. The Libra sun keeps asking what is fair to everyone; the Aries moon stops asking. What surfaces is rarely new information — it is the point at which the cost of staying agreeable finally outweighs the cost of saying the blunt thing. Decisions made now tend to hold, though the delivery is worth sleeping on.
More on this placement: Moon in Aries · Aries sign profile
New Moon in Scorpio — October 29, 2027
Exact at 9:37 AM ET · 5° Scorpio
Commit, or let it go
A Scorpio new moon has no interest in half-measures. What it opens is an intention you would rather not say plainly: the debt you will finally address, the person you will let all the way in, the habit you will stop defending. Write it down somewhere private and exact. Scorpio intentions work in proportion to how honest you were when you set them.
More on this placement: Moon in Scorpio · Scorpio sign profile
What else the sky is doing in October 2027
- ◐Eclipses: none in October 2027 — see the next one
- ℞Retrograde: Saturn (August 9, 2027 → December 23, 2027) and Mercury (October 7, 2027 → October 28, 2027) — retrograde calendar
- ☉Zodiac season: Scorpio season begins October 23, 2027 — all season dates
How these dates were calculated
A new moon is the instant the Moon and Sun share the same ecliptic longitude; a full moon is the instant they sit exactly opposite. Both are single moments rather than nights, and both are computed here directly from the Swiss Ephemeris — the engine professional astrology software runs on — then localized to US Eastern Time. Nothing on this page is copied from another calendar.
The degree matters more than the phase. A full moon at 21° Aries activates whatever sits near that degree in your own chart, which is why one lunation flattens one person and passes another entirely. To find out which of your placements October 2027's moons touch, cast your free natal chart and compare the degrees, then read your monthly horoscope for the wider context.
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Frequently asked questions
When is the full moon in October 2027?
The October 2027 full moon is exact on October 15, 2027 at 9:47 AM ET, at 21° Aries.
When is the new moon in October 2027?
The October 2027 new moon is exact on October 29, 2027 at 9:37 AM ET, at 5° Scorpio.
What sign is the full moon in October 2027?
Aries — exact at 21° Aries on October 15, 2027. A full moon always falls in the sign opposite the Sun, because the two stand exactly across the zodiac from each other at that moment.
Is there an eclipse in October 2027?
No — October 2027 has neither a solar nor a lunar eclipse. Eclipses arrive in pairs about every six months, when a new or full moon falls close enough to the lunar nodes for the shadow to line up.
Which planets are retrograde in October 2027?
Saturn (August 9, 2027 to December 23, 2027) and Mercury (October 7, 2027 to October 28, 2027) — retrograde for at least part of October 2027.
Which time zone are these moon times in?
US Eastern. A new or full moon is one instant worldwide, so the local clock date can shift by a day elsewhere — the moment itself does not move.