Sky calendar January 2026

10 events this month: 1 New Moon, 1 Full Moon, 6 sign changes, 0 stations, 0 eclipses.

January 2026 →

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1 Mercury enters Capricorn

3 Full Moon in Cancer

17 Venus enters Aquarius

18 New Moon in Capricorn

20 The Sun enters Aquarius Mercury enters Aquarius

23 Mars enters Aquarius

26 Neptune enters Aries

The grid places each event on its UTC date.

All events in January 2026

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Event	When (UTC)	Position
Mercury enters Capricorn	1 Jan, 21:11	–
Full Moon in Cancer	3 Jan, 10:02	13°01′ Cancer
Last quarter Moon in Libra	10 Jan, 15:48	20°24′ Libra
Venus enters Aquarius	17 Jan, 12:42	–
New Moon in Capricorn	18 Jan, 19:51	28°43′ Capricorn
The Sun enters Aquarius	20 Jan, 01:44	–
Mercury enters Aquarius	20 Jan, 16:41	–
Mars enters Aquarius	23 Jan, 09:16	–
First quarter Moon in Taurus	26 Jan, 04:47	6°14′ Taurus
Neptune enters Aries	26 Jan	–

Times marked “about” are rounded to the hour, and slow-planet events are given by date only, because those moments cannot be computed to the minute with the software we use.