The sky
in August 2027.
Everything the sky does in August 2027, 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.
Venus-Pluto opposition.
Day by day
The ☉ tag gives the birthdays whose birth Sun is at that degree, to within one degree (births from 1920 to 2030).
Sunday 1 August
- ♀︎☍♇︎Venus-Pluto opposition
- ☿︎□♄︎Mercury-Saturn square
- ☉︎⚹♅︎Sun-Uranus sextile
- ♀︎△♆︎Venus-Neptune trine
Monday 2 August
- ●New Moon in Leo, 9°55′☉︎ 31 July – 4 August
- ◉Total solar eclipse in Leo☉︎ 31 July – 4 August
- ☿︎♌︎Mercury enters Leo
Wednesday 4 August
- ♀︎⚹♅︎Venus-Uranus sextile
- ☉︎⚹♂︎Sun-Mars sextile
Thursday 5 August
Saturday 7 August
- ☿︎⚹♅︎Mercury-Uranus sextile
- ♀︎⚹♂︎Venus-Mars sextile
Monday 9 August
- ◐First quarter in Scorpio, 16°25′
- ♄︎℞Saturn turns retrograde at 27°52′ Aries☉︎ 16–20 April
- ☿︎⚹♂︎Mercury-Mars sextile
Wednesday 11 August
Thursday 12 August
Monday 16 August
- ☿︎△♄︎Mercury-Saturn trine
Tuesday 17 August
- ☿︎♍︎Mercury enters Virgo
- ◉Penumbral lunar eclipse in Aquarius☉︎ 11–15 February
- ○Full Moon in Aquarius, 24°11′☉︎ 11–15 February
Thursday 19 August
- ♀︎△♄︎Venus-Saturn trine
Friday 20 August
Saturday 21 August
- ☉︎△♄︎Sun-Saturn trine
Sunday 22 August
Monday 23 August
Wednesday 25 August
Thursday 26 August
Saturday 28 August
- ♀︎□♅︎Venus-Uranus square
Sunday 29 August
Tuesday 31 August
- ☉︎☌♃︎Sun-Jupiter conjunction
- ●New Moon in Virgo, 8°06′☉︎ 29 August – 2 September
Retrogrades and void of course Moon
The Moon is void of course 14 times this month in the classical convention (188h 32m in all), 14 times in the modern one (167h 02m). All the times →
Questions
What are the key dates in August 2027?
New Moon on the 2nd at 12:06 (Leo), full Moon on the 17th at 09:29 (Aquarius) and new Moon on the 31st at 19:42 (Virgo). Sign changes: Mercury into Leo on the 2nd, Mercury into Virgo on the 17th, Venus into Virgo on the 20th and the Sun into Virgo on the 23rd.
Which planets are retrograde in August 2027?
Saturn from the 9th, Neptune all month and Pluto all month.
How many exact aspects between planets in August 2027?
23 exact aspects, Moon excluded. The first: Venus-Pluto opposition on the 1st at 09:12; the last: Sun-Jupiter conjunction on the 31st at 09:30.
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.