The sky
in February 2026.
Everything the sky does in February 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).
Sunday 1 February
- ○Full Moon in Leo, 13°04′☉︎ 3–7 August
Wednesday 4 February
- ♅︎DUranus turns direct at 27°27′ Taurus☉︎ 16–20 May
Thursday 5 February
Friday 6 February
Sunday 8 February
- ♀︎□♅︎Venus-Uranus square
Monday 9 February
Tuesday 10 February
Saturday 14 February
Monday 16 February
- ☉︎□♅︎Sun-Uranus square
- ☿︎△♃︎Mercury-Jupiter trine
Tuesday 17 February
- ●New Moon in Aquarius, 28°50′☉︎ 16–19 February
- ◉Annular solar eclipse in Aquarius☉︎ 16–19 February
Wednesday 18 February
Friday 20 February
Sunday 22 February
- ♀︎△♃︎Venus-Jupiter trine
Tuesday 24 February
Thursday 26 February
- ☿︎℞Mercury turns retrograde at 22°34′ Pisces☉︎ 11–15 March
Friday 27 February
- ♂︎□♅︎Mars-Uranus square
Saturday 28 February
Retrogrades and void of course Moon
The Moon is void of course 13 times this month in the classical convention (114h 22m in all), 13 times in the modern one (52h 46m). All the times →
Questions
What are the key dates in February 2026?
Full Moon on the 1st at 23:10 (Leo) and new Moon on the 17th at 13:02 (Aquarius). Sign changes: Mercury into Pisces on the 6th, Venus into Pisces on the 10th, Saturn into Aries on the 14th and the Sun into Pisces on the 18th.
Which planets are retrograde in February 2026?
Mercury from the 26th, Jupiter all month and Uranus until the 4th.
How many exact aspects between planets in February 2026?
8 exact aspects, Moon excluded. The first: Mercury-Uranus square on the 5th at 13:13; the last: Mercury-Venus conjunction on the 28th at 06:35.
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.