# What Sign Is the North Node in Right Now?

> The North Node is in Aquarius right now, at 27°42' Aquarius as of October 1, 2026 at 04:32 UTC. The North Node entered Aquarius on August 18, 2026 at 3:23 PM ET (19:23 UTC) and stays until March 7, 2028 at 3:10 AM ET (08:10 UTC), when it moves into Capricorn.

Computed October 1, 2026 at 04:32 UTC. Canonical page: https://www.selfgazer.com/sky/north-node

| Body | Sign | Position | Motion | In sign since | Next sign change |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| North Node | Aquarius | 27°42'10" Aquarius | direct | 2026-08-18 | 2028-03-07 08:10 UTC into Capricorn |

## Sign Changes

| Date (UTC) | Enters | Leaves | Retrograde |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2023-07-12 17:51 UTC | Aries | Taurus | no |
| 2025-01-29 06:37 UTC | Pisces | Aries | no |
| 2026-08-18 19:23 UTC | Aquarius | Pisces | no |
| 2028-03-07 08:10 UTC | Capricorn | Aquarius | no |
| 2029-09-24 20:56 UTC | Sagittarius | Capricorn | no |
| 2031-04-14 09:43 UTC | Scorpio | Sagittarius | no |
| 2032-10-31 22:29 UTC | Libra | Scorpio | no |
| 2034-05-21 11:16 UTC | Virgo | Libra | no |

## Eclipses

| Date (UTC) | Event | Detail |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2027-02-06 15:59 UTC | Annular Solar Eclipse in Aquarius | 17°37' Aquarius |
| 2027-02-20 23:12 UTC | Penumbral Lunar Eclipse in Virgo | 1°58' Virgo |
| 2027-07-18 16:02 UTC | Penumbral Lunar Eclipse in Capricorn | 25°57' Capricorn |
| 2027-08-02 10:06 UTC | Total Solar Eclipse in Leo | 9°55' Leo |
| 2027-08-17 07:13 UTC | Penumbral Lunar Eclipse in Aquarius | 24°04' Aquarius |
| 2028-01-12 04:13 UTC | Partial Lunar Eclipse in Cancer | 21°33' Cancer |
| 2028-01-26 15:07 UTC | Annular Solar Eclipse in Aquarius | 6°10' Aquarius |
| 2028-07-06 18:19 UTC | Partial Lunar Eclipse in Capricorn | 15°15' Capricorn |
| 2028-07-22 02:55 UTC | Total Solar Eclipse in Cancer | 29°50' Cancer |

## Questions

### What Sign Is the North Node in Right Now?

The North Node is in Aquarius right now, at 27°42' Aquarius as of October 1, 2026 at 04:32 UTC. The North Node entered Aquarius on August 18, 2026 at 3:23 PM ET (19:23 UTC) and stays until March 7, 2028 at 3:10 AM ET (08:10 UTC), when it moves into Capricorn.

### Where Is the South Node Right Now?

The South Node is always exactly opposite the North Node. It is in Leo at 27°42', while the North Node is in Aquarius.

### What Does the North Node in Aquarius Mean?

The North Node represents collective direction, growth, and the axis where eclipses fall. In Aquarius, those themes take on a independent, inventive, group-minded, and detached quality. The North Node's sign, with the South Node opposite, marks the sign pair where the year's eclipses land and the direction astrologers associate with collective growth.

### How Long Does the North Node Stay in Each Sign?

The North Node is not a body but the point where the Moon's orbit crosses the ecliptic heading north. The mean node moves backward through the zodiac, spending about 18.6 months in each sign and completing a cycle in 18.6 years. Solar and lunar eclipses happen when New and Full Moons fall near the nodal axis.

### Why Do Some Sites List a Different Date for This Sign Change?

Most astrology sites print a single date without a time zone. An ingress at 10:49 PM in New York is already the next day in London and Sydney, so two correct sources can disagree by a day. Selfgazer gives every time in both US Eastern time and UTC, and the tables switch to your own time zone in the browser.

## Method

Positions are geocentric and tropical: apparent longitudes on the true ecliptic and equinox of date, corrected for light time and aberration. They are computed with the open-source Astronomy Engine library (VSOP87 planetary theory) and agree with the Swiss Ephemeris to within about one arcminute. The North Node is the mean node. Times are given in UTC and US Eastern time.

Source: [Selfgazer](https://www.selfgazer.com/sky/north-node). Free to cite with a link to the source page.