The sky
in August 2026.
Everything the sky does in August 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 6 August
Friday 7 August
- ☉︎△♄︎Sun-Saturn trine
Sunday 9 August
Monday 10 August
- ♀︎△♇︎Venus-Pluto trine
Tuesday 11 August
Wednesday 12 August
- ☿︎☍♇︎Mercury-Pluto opposition
- ☿︎△♆︎Mercury-Neptune trine
- ♀︎△♅︎Venus-Uranus trine
- ●New Moon in Leo, 20°02′☉︎ 11–15 August
- ◉Total solar eclipse in Leo☉︎ 11–15 August
- ☿︎⚹♅︎Mercury-Uranus sextile
Thursday 13 August
Saturday 15 August
Monday 17 August
- ♂︎□♆︎Mars-Neptune square
- ☿︎△♄︎Mercury-Saturn trine
- ♀︎⚹♃︎Venus-Jupiter sextile
Thursday 20 August
Friday 21 August
Sunday 23 August
Tuesday 25 August
Thursday 27 August
Friday 28 August
- ◉Partial lunar eclipse in Pisces☉︎ 22–25 February
- ○Full Moon in Pisces, 4°54′☉︎ 22–25 February
- ☿︎□♅︎Mercury-Uranus square
Saturday 29 August
- ☉︎□♅︎Sun-Uranus square
Retrogrades and void of course Moon
The Moon is void of course 14 times this month in the classical convention (216h 56m in all), 14 times in the modern one (210h 16m). All the times →
Questions
What are the key dates in August 2026?
New Moon on the 12th at 19:37 (Leo) and full Moon on the 28th at 06:19 (Pisces). Sign changes: Venus into Libra on the 6th, Mercury into Leo on the 9th, Mars into Cancer on the 11th, the Sun into Virgo on the 23rd and Mercury into Virgo on the 25th.
Which planets are retrograde in August 2026?
Saturn all month, Neptune all month and Pluto all month.
How many exact aspects between planets in August 2026?
16 exact aspects, Moon excluded. The first: Sun-Saturn trine on the 7th at 04:41; the last: Sun-Uranus square on the 29th at 00:19.
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.