Ephemerides
The sky on Monday, August 31, 2026
Positions at noon (Paris). Sun in Virgo, Moon in Aries, waning gibbous.
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Tropical geocentric sky · Monday, August 31, 2026, 12:00 PM (Paris) · Placidus houses computed for Paris
Waning Gibbous
Moon in Aries · 89% illuminated
Reading the sky
The Sun is moving through Virgo: a season of building and groundedness, under the keywords precision, service, analysis. The Moon, for its part, is in Aries in its waning gibbous phase: today's emotional climate is drive and courage.
4 planets are retrograde: Saturn in Aries, Neptune in Aries, Pluto in Aquarius and Chiron in Taurus. A time to review and turn inward in the areas concerned: structure, inspiration, transformation, wound.
The tightest aspects right now: Jupiter trine Saturn (0.1°), Neptune sextile Pluto (0.2°), Mars square Saturn (0.7°) and Mercury sextile Mars (1.4°). These are the dynamics coloring the collective mood today.
Exact positions
| Planet | Sign | Position | House | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ascendant | Scorpio | 0°26' | 1 | — |
| Sun | Virgo | 8°01' | 10 | direct |
| Moon | Aries | 17°29' | 6 | direct |
| Mercury | Virgo | 11°35' | 10 | direct |
| Venus | Libra | 22°42' | 12 | direct |
| Mars | Cancer | 13°01' | 9 | direct |
| Jupiter | Leo | 13°34' | 10 | direct |
| Saturn | Aries | 13°42' | 6 | R · retrograde |
| Uranus | Gemini | 5°39' | 8 | direct |
| Neptune | Aries | 3°41' | 5 | R · retrograde |
| Pluto | Aquarius | 3°31' | 3 | R · retrograde |
| North Node | Aquarius | 29°54' | 4 | R · retrograde |
| Chiron | Taurus | 0°34' | 7 | R · retrograde |
| Lilith | Sagittarius | 28°18' | 2 | — |
| Midheaven | Leo | 9°30' | 10 | — |
Aspects
| Planets | Aspect | Orb | Dynamic |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jupiter trine Saturn | △ Trine | 0.1°exact | applying |
| Chiron opposite Ascendant | ☍ Opposition | 0.1°exact | applying |
| Neptune sextile Pluto | ⚹ Sextile | 0.2°exact | applying |
| North Node trine Ascendant | △ Trine | 0.5°exact | separating |
| North Node sextile Chiron | ⚹ Sextile | 0.7°exact | applying |
| Mars square Saturn | □ Square | 0.7°exact | applying |
| Mercury sextile Mars | ⚹ Sextile | 1.4° | applying |
| Uranus sextile Neptune | ⚹ Sextile | 2.0° | separating |
| Uranus trine Pluto | △ Trine | 2.1° | separating |
| Sun square Uranus | □ Square | 2.4° | separating |
| Pluto square Chiron | □ Square | 2.9° | separating |
| Pluto square Ascendant | □ Square | 3.1° | applying |
| Sun conjunct Mercury | ☌ Conjunction | 3.6° | separating |
| Moon conjunct Saturn | ☌ Conjunction | 3.8° | separating |
| Uranus sextile Midheaven | ⚹ Sextile | 3.9° | applying |
| Moon trine Jupiter | △ Trine | 3.9° | separating |
| Jupiter conjunct Midheaven | ☌ Conjunction | 4.1° | separating |
| Saturn trine Midheaven | △ Trine | 4.2° | applying |
| Moon square Mars | □ Square | 4.5° | separating |
| Sun sextile Mars | ⚹ Sextile | 5.0° | applying |
| Moon opposite Venus | ☍ Opposition | 5.2° | applying |
| Neptune trine Midheaven | △ Trine | 5.8° | separating |
| Mercury square Uranus | □ Square | 5.9° | separating |
| Pluto opposite Midheaven | ☍ Opposition | 6.0° | separating |
| Sun trine Chiron | △ Trine | 7.5° | separating |
| Venus opposite Chiron | ☍ Opposition | 7.9° | applying |
| Sun opposite North Node | ☍ Opposition | 8.1° | separating |
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