The sky
in October 2026.
Everything the sky does in October 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 2 October
- ☿︎□♂︎Mercury-Mars square
- ☿︎□♇︎Mercury-Pluto square
Saturday 3 October
- ♂︎△♆︎Mars-Neptune trine
- ♀︎℞Venus turns retrograde at 8°29′ Scorpio☉︎ 30 October – 2 November
- ♂︎☍♇︎Mars-Pluto opposition
- ◑Last quarter in Cancer, 10°21′
Sunday 4 October
Wednesday 7 October
Saturday 10 October
- ●New Moon in Libra, 17°22′☉︎ 9–12 October
- ♀︎□♂︎Venus-Mars square
Thursday 15 October
- ☉︎⚹♃︎Sun-Jupiter sextile
Friday 16 October
- ♇︎DPluto turns direct at 3°04′ Aquarius☉︎ 21–25 January
- ♂︎△♄︎Mars-Saturn trine
Sunday 18 October
Tuesday 20 October
- ♀︎□♇︎Venus-Pluto square
Friday 23 October
Saturday 24 October
- ☉︎☌♀︎Sun-Venus conjunction
- ☿︎℞Mercury turns retrograde at 20°58′ Scorpio☉︎ 11–15 November
Sunday 25 October
Monday 26 October
- ○Full Moon in Taurus, 2°46′☉︎ 21–25 April
- ☉︎□♇︎Sun-Pluto square
Friday 30 October
- ☿︎□♂︎Mercury-Mars square
Retrogrades and void of course Moon
The Moon is void of course 14 times this month in the classical convention (196h 03m in all), 14 times in the modern one (196h 03m). All the times →
Questions
What are the key dates in October 2026?
New Moon on the 10th at 17:51 (Libra) and full Moon on the 26th at 05:12 (Taurus). Sign changes: the Sun into Scorpio on the 23rd and Venus into Libra on the 25th.
Which planets are retrograde in October 2026?
Mercury from the 24th, Venus from the 3rd, Saturn all month, Uranus all month, Neptune all month and Pluto until the 16th.
How many exact aspects between planets in October 2026?
14 exact aspects, Moon excluded. The first: Mercury-Mars square on the 2nd at 11:15; the last: Mercury-Mars square on the 30th at 18:21.
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.