The sky
in May 2026.
Everything the sky does in May 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).
Friday 1 May
- ○Full Moon in Scorpio, 11°20′☉︎ 2–5 November
- ♀︎⚹♄︎Venus-Saturn sextile
Sunday 3 May
Tuesday 5 May
- ♂︎□♃︎Mars-Jupiter square
Wednesday 6 May
- ☿︎□♇︎Mercury-Pluto square
- ♇︎℞Pluto turns retrograde at 5°30′ Aquarius☉︎ 24–27 January
Saturday 9 May
Monday 11 May
- ☉︎⚹♃︎Sun-Jupiter sextile
Wednesday 13 May
Thursday 14 May
Saturday 16 May
- ●New Moon in Taurus, 25°58′☉︎ 15–19 May
Sunday 17 May
Monday 18 May
Tuesday 19 May
Wednesday 20 May
- ☿︎△♇︎Mercury-Pluto trine
Thursday 21 May
Friday 22 May
Saturday 23 May
Monday 25 May
- ☉︎⚹♆︎Sun-Neptune sextile
Tuesday 26 May
- ♂︎□♇︎Mars-Pluto square
- ☉︎△♇︎Sun-Pluto trine
Friday 29 May
- ♀︎□♄︎Venus-Saturn square
Sunday 31 May
- ○Full Moon in Sagittarius, 9°56′☉︎ 30 November – 4 December
Retrogrades and void of course Moon
The Moon is void of course 14 times this month in the classical convention (218h 00m in all), 14 times in the modern one (218h 00m). All the times →
Questions
What are the key dates in May 2026?
Full Moon on the 1st at 19:24 (Scorpio), new Moon on the 16th at 22:02 (Taurus) and full Moon on the 31st at 10:46 (Sagittarius). Sign changes: Mercury into Taurus on the 3rd, Mercury into Gemini on the 17th, Mars into Taurus on the 19th, Venus into Cancer on the 19th and the Sun into Gemini on the 21st.
Which planets are retrograde in May 2026?
Pluto from the 6th.
How many exact aspects between planets in May 2026?
17 exact aspects, Moon excluded. The first: Venus-Saturn sextile on the 1st at 20:42; the last: Venus-Saturn square on the 29th at 04:59.
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.