Almanac · geocentric · 21:50 UT
17 August 2026
Where the bodies stand at this moment, what turns next, and who else was born on this date. Positions are ecliptic longitudes, which need no observer; rising and setting times, which do, are not here — they would need a place you have not given.
Aspects in the sky
Between the moving bodies themselves — nobody's chart, just the sky's own geometry. Tightest first.
- ♀ Venus ⚹ ♃ Jupiter+0.17° separating
- ♆ Neptune ⚹ ♇ Pluto+0.19° separating
- ☽ Moon △ ☊ True Node-0.21° separating
- ♂ Mars ◻ ♆ Neptune+0.34° separating
- ☿ Mercury △ ♄ Saturn+0.53° separating
- ☽ Moon ☍ ⚷ Chiron-0.74° applying
- ☊ True Node ⚹ ⚷ Chiron+0.95° applying
- ♅ Uranus ⚹ ♆ Neptune+1.48° separating
- ♅ Uranus △ ♇ Pluto+1.66° separating
- ☉ Sun △ ⚸ Lilith+1.79° applying
- ♇ Pluto ◻ ⚷ Chiron-3.01° applying
- ☊ True Node ⚹ ⚸ Lilith+3.03° applying
The next ninety days
Sign changes, stations, new and full Moons, and the eclipses among them. The Moon's own sign changes are left out — it makes one every two and a half days, and they would bury everything slower. They are in the month tables.
- 23 Aug · 02:19☉ Sun enters Virgo
- 25 Aug · 11:04☿ Mercury enters Virgo
- 28 Aug · 04:19Full Moon in Pisces — partial lunar eclipse
- 10 Sep · 08:07♀ Venus enters Scorpio
- 10 Sep · 16:21☿ Mercury enters Libra
- 10 Sep · 18:27♅ Uranus turns retrograde
- 11 Sep · 03:27New Moon in Virgo
- 18 Sep · 01:50⚷ Chiron enters Aries
- 23 Sep · 00:05☉ Sun enters Libra
- 26 Sep · 16:49Full Moon in Aries
- 28 Sep · 02:49♂ Mars enters Leo
- 30 Sep · 11:44☿ Mercury enters Scorpio
- 3 Oct · 07:16♀ Venus turns retrograde
- 10 Oct · 15:50New Moon in Libra
- 16 Oct · 02:40♇ Pluto turns direct
- 23 Oct · 09:38☉ Sun enters Scorpio
- 24 Oct · 07:13☿ Mercury turns retrograde
- 25 Oct · 09:10♀ Venus enters Libra
- 26 Oct · 04:12Full Moon in Taurus
- 9 Nov · 07:02New Moon in Scorpio
- 13 Nov · 15:54☿ Mercury turns direct
- 14 Nov · 00:27♀ Venus turns direct
Born on this day
4,662 people in the catalogue share this date. These are the ones the record knows best — a birth time on file, or a picture, or both.
- ♌︎Hildegard of Bingennun, mystic1098
- ♌︎Alexandre Lacassagnemedical examiner, criminologist1843
- ♌︎Alfred Geraschactor, screenwriter1877
- ♌︎Kurt Hilleressayist, poet lawyer1885
- ♌︎Kurt Herdemertenpolar explorer, mining engineer1900
- ♌︎Roger Peyrefittewriter, diplomat1907
- ♌︎Robert Sabatierwriter, screenwriter1923
- ♌︎George Mellysinger, jazz musician1926
- ♌︎Tom Courtneyathletics competitor, middle-distance runner1933
- ♌︎Ed Sandersactivist, publisher1939
- ♌︎Luther Allisonmusician, singer1939
- ♌︎Fritz Weppertelevision actor, film actor1941
- ♌︎Baby Huey (singer)singer1944
- ♌︎Pedro Ruiz (actor)film actor, presenter1947
- ♌︎Columba Bushphilanthropist1953
- ♌︎Noni Hazlehurstsinger, film actor1953
- ♌︎Brad Wellmanbaseball player1959
- ♌︎Hervé Morinadministrator of the National Assembly, politician1961