Daily sky snapshot

The sky on November 16, 2026

Calculated Sun, Moon, and planet positions for November 16, 2026 at 12:00 UTC, with the Moon phase, retrogrades, and major aspects.

Calculated for . A snapshot of the whole sky at one moment, not a birth chart.

At 12:00 UTC

Calculated overview

Sun
Scorpio 24°08′
234.142° ecliptic longitude
Moon
Aquarius 13°10′
313.175° ecliptic longitude
Moon phase
First Quarter
40.6% illuminated · waxing
Retrograde bodies
3
Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune
Next sky event
First-quarter Moon in Aquarius
Moon phase ·

Daily horoscope for your sign

A short reflective reading for each sign, based on the current sky.

What these values describe

Short explanations of the terms above, with guides if you want to go further.

Sun and Moon signs

Sun: Scorpio · Moon: Aquarius

The Sun moves through one zodiac sign in about a month; the Moon passes through a sign in about two and a half days. Your Sun sign is the sign the Sun occupied on your birthday.

What a Sun sign is

Moon phase

First Quarter · 40.6% illuminated

The lit part of the Moon grows night by night until the Full Moon. One full cycle of phases takes about 29.5 days.

How to read a Moon calendar

Retrograde motion

Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune

Seen from Earth, a planet sometimes appears to move backwards through the zodiac. Its orbit does not change; the effect comes from the shifting viewpoint between Earth and the planet.

Retrogrades explained

Aspects

Closest to exact: Conjunction of Mars and Jupiter, 0.09° away

An aspect is an angle between two bodies along the zodiac, such as 90° for a square or 120° for a trine. Astrology reads aspects as relationships between planetary themes; this page lists the measured angles only.

Aspects in astrology

Bodies, signs, and motion

Longitude and latitude are measured along the true ecliptic of date. “Retrograde” means the body’s apparent motion along the zodiac runs backwards at this moment; the table adds no interpretation. “Near station” means it moves less than 0.005° per day. Values are rounded only for display.

Positions at November 16, 2026 at 12:00 UTC; display rounded to 0.001°.
BodyTropical signLongitudeLatitudeMotionSpeed / day
SunScorpio 24°08′234.142°0.000°Direct1.008°
MoonAquarius 13°10′313.175°-1.048°Direct11.967°
MercuryScorpio 5°44′215.741°2.326°Direct0.481°
VenusLibra 22°59′202.983°-1.100°Direct0.098°
MarsLeo 25°59′145.993°1.945°Direct0.445°
JupiterLeo 25°54′145.908°0.745°Direct0.082°
SaturnAries 8°27′8.460°-2.639°Retrograde-0.042°
UranusGemini 4°04′64.069°-0.148°Retrograde-0.041°
NeptuneAries 1°48′1.811°-1.405°Retrograde-0.014°
PlutoAquarius 3°18′303.301°-4.262°Direct0.015°

Major angular relationships

These pairs are within the usual orb of an aspect; most are not exact at this moment.

Ordered from the closest to exact.
BodiesAspectSeparationDistance from exact
Mars - JupiterConjunction (0°)0.085°0.085°
Uranus - PlutoTrine (120°)120.768°0.768°
Neptune - PlutoSextile (60°)58.510°1.490°
Sun - JupiterSquare (90°)88.234°1.766°
Sun - MarsSquare (90°)88.149°1.851°
Uranus - NeptuneSextile (60°)62.258°2.258°
Mercury - PlutoSquare (90°)87.560°2.440°
Venus - JupiterSextile (60°)57.076°2.924°
Venus - MarsSextile (60°)56.990°3.010°
Saturn - NeptuneConjunction (0°)6.648°6.648°

Reproducible calculation

How these positions and times were calculated

These sky positions and event times are calculated with the settings below. They are kept separate from astrological interpretation and can be reproduced from the named engine.

Every value on this page uses the same moment, so positions and aspects can be compared directly. It is a geocentric view of the sky, not a birth chart or the horizon above a particular city.

“Today” follows the calendar date in UTC. Every dated page keeps the same 12:00 UTC moment.

Positions are shown rounded to 0.001°; the data files keep the full values and exact UTC times. Event times are found to within one second, though other astronomy software may differ slightly. The main Moon phases also agree with an independent source to within five minutes. Read the complete methodology and limitations.