Astrology calendar

Planetary events

Sign changes, retrograde and direct stations, and new and full moons. The sidereal calendar also includes nakshatra changes.

August 2040

12 events · UTC · 24-hour time

  • Sign changesNext in this list

    Mercury enters Leo

    Cancer → Leo

  • Sign changes

    North Node enters Taurus

    Gemini → Taurus · Moving backward

  • Sign changes

    South Node enters Scorpio

    Sagittarius → Scorpio · Moving backward

  • Sign changes

    Venus enters Virgo

    Leo → Virgo

  • Sign changes

    Jupiter enters Libra

    Virgo → Libra

  • New and full moons

    New Moon

    Exact lunar phase

  • Retrograde and direct

    Neptune turns retrograde

    Retrograde motion begins

  • Sign changes

    Mars enters Libra

    Virgo → Libra

  • Sign changes

    Mercury enters Virgo

    Leo → Virgo

  • New and full moons

    Full Moon

    Exact lunar phase

  • Sign changes

    Sun enters Virgo

    Leo → Virgo

  • Sign changes

    Venus enters Libra

    Virgo → Libra

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Tropical zodiac · Mean lunar nodes · Apparent positions.

These events describe planetary positions as seen from the centre of Earth. Changing the timezone changes the displayed date and time. Daylight saving time is included where applicable.

Sign changes use the selected zodiac. Retrograde and direct stations mark a change in the direction of longitude; their exact times can differ between the sidereal and tropical conventions.

The lunar-node choice applies to both nodes and all their events. Mean nodes always move backward. True nodes briefly move forward at times; every direction change is included, even when the forward interval is short. Both nodes change direction together.

New and full moons remain visible when Moon transits are hidden. Selecting Moon in the planet filter shows its sign changes too. Times are shown to the minute.

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