The sky in October 2026: key events and the sky of each day
Stations, planet ingresses, lunations, eclipses and exact slow-planet aspects in October 2026 — computed from the ephemeris. All times are UTC.
Key events of the month
- October 2, Mercury square Pluto
- October 2, Mars trine Neptune
- October 3, Venus stations retrograde in Scorpio
- October 3, Mars opposition Pluto
- October 3, Last Quarter in Cancer
- October 4, Sun opposition Saturn
- October 7, Mars sextile Uranus
- October 10, New Moon in Libra
- October 15, Sun sextile Jupiter
- October 16, Pluto stations direct in Aquarius
- October 16, Mars trine Saturn
- October 18, First Quarter in Capricorn
- October 20, Venus square Pluto
- October 23, Sun enters Scorpio
- October 24, Mercury stations retrograde in Scorpio
- October 25, Venus enters Libra
- October 26, Full Moon in Taurus
- October 26, Sun square Pluto
The sky of each day
- October 1 — Moon in Gemini, waning gibbous
- October 2 — Moon in Gemini, waning gibbous
- October 3 — Moon in Cancer, last quarter
- October 4 — Moon in Cancer, waning crescent
- October 5 — Moon in Leo, waning crescent
- October 6 — Moon in Leo, waning crescent
- October 7 — Moon in Virgo, waning crescent
- October 8 — Moon in Virgo, waning crescent
- October 9 — Moon in Virgo, waning crescent
- October 10 — Moon in Libra, new moon
- October 11 — Moon in Libra, waxing crescent
- October 12 — Moon in Scorpio, waxing crescent
- October 13 — Moon in Scorpio, waxing crescent
How does this sky touch you personally?
The sky is the same for everyone; the houses and aspects are yours alone. Personal transits show where these events fall in your chart.