Sky calendar May 2026

11 events this month: 1 New Moon, 2 Full Moons, 5 sign changes, 1 station, 0 eclipses.

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1 Full Moon in Scorpio

3 Mercury enters Taurus

6 Pluto turns retrograde in Aquarius

16 New Moon in Taurus

17 Mercury enters Gemini

18 Mars enters Taurus

19 Venus enters Cancer

21 The Sun enters Gemini

31 Full Moon in Sagittarius

The grid places each event on its UTC date.

All events in May 2026

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Event	When (UTC)	Position
Full Moon in Scorpio	1 May, 17:23	11°20′ Scorpio
Mercury enters Taurus	3 May, 02:57	–
Pluto turns retrograde in Aquarius	6 May	5°30′ Aquarius
Last quarter Moon in Aquarius	9 May, 21:10	19°14′ Aquarius
New Moon in Taurus	16 May, 20:00	25°57′ Taurus
Mercury enters Gemini	17 May, 10:26	–
Mars enters Taurus	18 May, 22:26	–
Venus enters Cancer	19 May, 01:05	–
The Sun enters Gemini	21 May, 00:37	–
First quarter Moon in Virgo	23 May, 11:10	2°20′ Virgo
Full Moon in Sagittarius	31 May, 08:45	9°55′ Sagittarius

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.