The sky
in April 2026.
Everything the sky does in April 2026, day by day, to the minute, Paris time: new and full moons, planets entering signs, exact aspects between planets, retrogrades, eclipses and void of course Moon. Calculated from ephemerides. Next to moons, eclipses and retrogrades, the ☉ tag tells which birthdays it speaks to; every line leads to its own page.
Day by day
The ☉ tag gives the birthdays whose birth Sun is at that degree, to within one degree (births from 1920 to 2030).
Thursday 2 April
- ○Full Moon in Libra, 12°21′☉︎ 4–7 October
Friday 3 April
Saturday 4 April
- ♀︎□♇︎Venus-Pluto square
Monday 6 April
- ☉︎□♃︎Sun-Jupiter square
Wednesday 8 April
- ♂︎⚹♅︎Mars-Uranus sextile
Thursday 9 April
Friday 10 April
Monday 13 April
Tuesday 14 April
Wednesday 15 April
Thursday 16 April
- ♂︎⚹♇︎Mars-Pluto sextile
Friday 17 April
- ☿︎☌♆︎Mercury-Neptune conjunction
- ●New Moon in Aries, 27°29′☉︎ 15–19 April
Saturday 18 April
Monday 20 April
Friday 24 April
Saturday 25 April
- ☉︎□♇︎Sun-Pluto square
Sunday 26 April
Tuesday 28 April
- ♀︎△♇︎Venus-Pluto trine
Retrogrades and void of course Moon
The Moon is void of course 14 times this month in the classical convention (194h 52m in all), 14 times in the modern one (136h 51m). All the times →
Questions
What are the key dates in April 2026?
Full Moon on the 2nd at 04:13 (Libra) and new Moon on the 17th at 13:52 (Aries). Sign changes: Mars into Aries on the 9th, Mercury into Aries on the 15th, the Sun into Taurus on the 20th, Venus into Gemini on the 24th and Uranus into Gemini on the 26th.
Which planets are retrograde in April 2026?
None: every planet moves forward through the zodiac all month.
How many exact aspects between planets in April 2026?
18 exact aspects, Moon excluded. The first: Mercury-Jupiter trine on the 3rd at 13:28; the last: Venus-Pluto trine on the 28th at 18:38.
This month, on YOUR chart
These dates are the same for everyone. Your birthday tells where your Sun is; your birth, to the minute, tells where the other nine are. Every day AstroXP crosses the real sky with all ten, and tells you which ones concern you.
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Calendars
Calculated with astronomy-engine (the app’s engine), geocentric positions, tropical zodiac. Paris time. Exact aspects between planets, Moon excluded; each day’s Moon is drawn at noon.