Ephemerides
The sky on Friday, October 16, 2026
Positions at noon (Paris). Sun in Libra, Moon in Sagittarius, waxing crescent.
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Tropical geocentric sky · Friday, October 16, 2026, 12:00 PM (Paris) · Placidus houses computed for Paris
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Waxing Crescent
Moon in Sagittarius · 29% illuminated
Reading the sky
The Sun is moving through Libra: a season of exchange and ideas, under the keywords harmony, relationship, justice. The Moon, for its part, is in Sagittarius in its waxing crescent phase: today's emotional climate is exploration and optimism.
5 planets are retrograde: Venus in Scorpio, Saturn in Aries, Uranus in Gemini, Neptune in Aries and Chiron in Aries. A time to review and turn inward in the areas concerned: love, structure, freedom, inspiration, wound.
The tightest aspects right now: Mars trine Saturn (0.0°), Neptune sextile Pluto (0.6°), Sun sextile Jupiter (0.9°) and Venus square Pluto (2.1°). These are the dynamics coloring the collective mood today.
Exact positions
| Planet | Sign | Position | House | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ascendant | Sagittarius | 3°28' | 1 | — |
| Sun | Libra | 23°03' | 10 | direct |
| Moon | Sagittarius | 28°32' | 1 | direct |
| Mercury | Scorpio | 17°37' | 12 | direct |
| Venus | Scorpio | 5°08' | 11 | R · retrograde |
| Mars | Leo | 10°24' | 8 | direct |
| Jupiter | Leo | 22°10' | 9 | direct |
| Saturn | Aries | 10°22' | 4 | R · retrograde |
| Uranus | Gemini | 5°10' | 7 | R · retrograde |
| Neptune | Aries | 2°27' | 4 | R · retrograde |
| Pluto | Aquarius | 3°04' | 2 | direct |
| North Node | Aquarius | 28°06' | 3 | R · retrograde |
| Chiron | Aries | 28°53' | 5 | R · retrograde |
| Lilith | Capricorn | 3°25' | 1 | — |
| Midheaven | Virgo | 27°02' | 10 | — |
Aspects
| Planets | Aspect | Orb | Dynamic |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mars trine Saturn | △ Trine | 0.0°exact | separating |
| Moon trine Chiron | △ Trine | 0.3°exact | separating |
| Pluto sextile Ascendant | ⚹ Sextile | 0.4°exact | applying |
| Moon sextile North Node | ⚹ Sextile | 0.4°exact | separating |
| Neptune sextile Pluto | ⚹ Sextile | 0.6°exact | separating |
| North Node sextile Chiron | ⚹ Sextile | 0.8°exact | separating |
| Sun sextile Jupiter | ⚹ Sextile | 0.9°exact | separating |
| Neptune trine Ascendant | △ Trine | 1.0° | separating |
| Moon square Midheaven | □ Square | 1.5° | separating |
| Uranus opposite Ascendant | ☍ Opposition | 1.7° | applying |
| Venus square Pluto | □ Square | 2.1° | applying |
| Uranus trine Pluto | △ Trine | 2.1° | applying |
| Uranus sextile Neptune | ⚹ Sextile | 2.7° | applying |
| Moon square Neptune | □ Square | 3.9° | applying |
| Mercury square Jupiter | □ Square | 4.5° | applying |
| Sun trine North Node | △ Trine | 5.0° | applying |
| Venus square Mars | □ Square | 5.3° | separating |
| North Node square Ascendant | □ Square | 5.4° | separating |
| Neptune opposite Midheaven | ☍ Opposition | 5.4° | applying |
| Sun sextile Moon | ⚹ Sextile | 5.5° | separating |
| Sun opposite Chiron | ☍ Opposition | 5.8° | applying |
| Jupiter opposite North Node | ☍ Opposition | 5.9° | applying |
| Venus opposite Chiron | ☍ Opposition | 6.3° | applying |
| Moon trine Jupiter | △ Trine | 6.4° | separating |
| Moon sextile Venus | ⚹ Sextile | 6.6° | applying |
| Jupiter trine Chiron | △ Trine | 6.7° | applying |
| Mars opposite Pluto | ☍ Opposition | 7.3° | separating |
| Saturn conjunct Neptune | ☌ Conjunction | 7.9° | applying |
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