The sky
in January 2026.
Everything the sky does in January 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 1 January
Saturday 3 January
- ○Full Moon in Cancer, 13°02′☉︎ 3–7 July
Tuesday 6 January
Thursday 8 January
Friday 9 January
Saturday 10 January
Wednesday 14 January
Thursday 15 January
- ♀︎⚹♄︎Venus-Saturn sextile
- ♀︎△♅︎Venus-Uranus trine
Saturday 17 January
- ♀︎⚹♆︎Venus-Neptune sextile
- ☉︎⚹♄︎Sun-Saturn sextile
- ♀︎♒︎Venus enters Aquarius
- ☉︎△♅︎Sun-Uranus trine
Sunday 18 January
- ☿︎☌♂︎Mercury-Mars conjunction
- ●New Moon in Capricorn, 28°44′☉︎ 17–21 January
Monday 19 January
Tuesday 20 January
Wednesday 21 January
Thursday 22 January
Friday 23 January
Monday 26 January
Wednesday 28 January
Thursday 29 January
Retrogrades and void of course Moon
The Moon is void of course 14 times this month in the classical convention (184h 24m in all), 14 times in the modern one (56h 22m). All the times →
Questions
What are the key dates in January 2026?
Full Moon on the 3rd at 11:03 (Cancer) and new Moon on the 18th at 20:53 (Capricorn). Sign changes: Mercury into Capricorn on the 1st, Venus into Aquarius on the 17th, the Sun into Aquarius on the 20th, Mercury into Aquarius on the 20th, Mars into Aquarius on the 23rd and Neptune into Aries on the 26th.
Which planets are retrograde in January 2026?
Jupiter all month and Uranus all month.
How many exact aspects between planets in January 2026?
28 exact aspects, Moon excluded. The first: Mercury-Neptune square on the 1st at 14:37; the last: Mercury-Venus conjunction on the 29th at 11:21.
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.