CONFIGURATIONS OF THE SUN, MOON AND PLANETS for 2026 (Universal Time, DT=69.0) MERCURY h h h Superior conjunction Jan. 21 15.8 May 14 14.4 Aug. 27 17.1 Greatest elongation E Feb. 19 17.6 (18°) June 15 19.9 (25°) Oct. 12 10.0 (25°) Stationary Feb. 25 16.7 June 29 1.9 Oct. 24 11.8 Inferior conjunction March 7 11.0 July 13 1.4 Nov. 4 14.4 Stationary March 19 19.7 July 23 17.2 Nov. 13 9.2 Greatest elongation W Apr. 3 22.5 (28°) Aug. 2 8.1 (19°) Nov. 20 23.5 (20°) VENUS h h Superior conjunction Jan. 6 16.6 Inferior conjunction Oct. 24 3.7 Greatest elongation E Aug. 15 6.5 (46°) Stationary Nov. 11 15.1 Greatest brilliancy Sept. 19 1.4 Greatest brilliancy Nov. 29 19.0 Stationary Oct. 2 13.6 EARTH h h m h m Perihelion Jan. 3 17.3 Equinoxes March 20 14 46.0 Sept. 23 0 05.2 Aphelion July 6 17.5 Solstices June 21 8 24.5 Dec. 21 20 50.2 SUPERIOR PLANETS Conjunction Stationary Opposition Stationary h h h h Mars Jan. 9 11.7 -- -- -- Jupiter July 29 12.3 Dec. 13 12.0 Jan. 10 8.7 March 11 2.7 Saturn March 25 8.9 July 27 23.1 Oct. 4 12.5 Dec. 11 23.3 Uranus May 22 14.4 Sept. 10 18.3 Nov. 25 22.7 Feb. 4 4.6 Neptune March 22 11.3 July 8 4.0 Sept. 26 1.6 Dec. 13 10.7 Pluto Jan. 23 10.5 May 8 11.1 July 27 6.9 Oct. 16 11.2 PLANETARY CONJUNCTION h o h o Feb. 16 3.6 Saturn 1 S of Neptune Apr. 20 8.1 Mercury 0.5 S of Saturn Feb. 26 23.2 Mercury 5 N of Venus Apr. 20 17.6 Mars 1 N of Saturn March 7 12.0 Venus 0.07 N of Neptune Apr. 24 5.4 Venus 1 N of Uranus March 8 22.2 Venus 1 N of Saturn June 9 12.5 Venus 2 N of Jupiter March 14 6.7 Mercury 4 N of Mars July 4 5.4 Mars 0.1 S of Uranus Apr. 13 10.0 Mars 0.4 N of Neptune Aug. 15 9.2 Mercury 1 N of Jupiter Apr. 16 16.4 Mercury 1 S of Neptune Oct. 5 15.0 Mercury 5 N of Venus Apr. 20 0.0 Mercury 2 S of Mars Nov. 15 2.6 Mars 1 N of Jupiter PLANETS CONJUNCTION WITH THE MOON h ° h ° Янв. 3 22.0 Jupiter 4 S Июль 14 9.7 New Moon 18 19.9 New Moon 17 16.5 Venus 2 N 23 12.7 Saturn 4 S 29 11.1 Pluto 2 S 23 15.8 Neptune 4 S Авг. 3 7.9 Neptune 5 S 27 18.8 Uranus 5 S 4 4.2 Saturn 7 S 31 2.5 Jupiter 4 S 7 16.5 Uranus 5 S Февр. 15 14.6 Pluto 1 S 9 5.5 Mars 4 S 17 12.0 New Moon 11 12.8 Mercury 2 S 18 23.0 Mercury 0.1 N 12 17.6 New Moon 19 23.5 Neptune 4 S 16 8.8 Venus 2 N 20 0.1 Saturn 5 S 25 17.2 Pluto 2 S 24 0.6 Uranus 6 S 30 12.8 Neptune 5 S 27 6.4 Jupiter 4 S 31 8.1 Saturn 7 S Март 15 1.0 Pluto 1 S Сент. 3 23.1 Uranus 5 S 17 14.1 Mercury 2 N 6 18.4 Mars 3 S 17 21.9 Mars 2 S 8 18.2 Jupiter 1 S 19 1.4 New Moon 11 3.5 New Moon 20 12.6 Venus 5 S 12 7.5 Mercury 4 N 23 7.7 Uranus 5 S 14 11.2 Venus 1 S 26 12.2 Jupiter 4 S 22 0.6 Pluto 2 S Апр. 11 11.0 Pluto 1 S 26 19.1 Neptune 5 S 15 19.2 Mercury 5 S 27 12.0 Saturn 7 S 15 21.4 Neptune 4 S Окт. 1 4.3 Uranus 5 S 16 0.8 Mars 4 S 5 5.5 Mars 1 S 16 6.1 Saturn 5 S 6 10.3 Jupiter 0.2 S 17 11.9 New Moon 10 15.8 New Moon 19 8.8 Venus 5 S 12 2.5 Venus 3 S 19 17.6 Uranus 5 S 12 20.1 Mercury 2 N 22 22.1 Jupiter 4 S 19 8.9 Pluto 2 S Май 8 19.2 Pluto 2 S 24 3.3 Neptune 5 S 13 9.2 Neptune 4 S 24 17.7 Saturn 7 S 13 22.0 Saturn 6 S 28 10.4 Uranus 5 S 15 0.7 Mars 5 S Нояб. 2 14.4 Mars 1 N 16 20.0 New Moon 2 23.2 Jupiter 1 N 19 1.8 Venus 3 S 7 11.6 Venus 1 N 20 12.6 Jupiter 3 S 9 7.0 New Moon Июнь 5 1.3 Pluto 2 S 15 17.3 Pluto 3 S 9 19.2 Neptune 4 S 20 12.6 Neptune 5 S 10 11.7 Saturn 6 S 21 1.4 Saturn 7 S 12 21.3 Mars 6 S 24 18.7 Uranus 5 S 13 19.1 Uranus 5 S 30 9.3 Jupiter 1 N 15 2.9 New Moon 30 19.6 Mars 3 N 16 19.5 Mercury 3 S Дек. 5 10.7 Venus 7 N 17 6.9 Jupiter 3 S 9 0.9 New Moon 17 20.3 Venus 0.3 S 13 1.3 Pluto 3 S Июль 2 6.2 Pluto 2 S 17 21.4 Neptune 5 S 7 2.6 Neptune 5 S 18 10.3 Saturn 7 S 7 21.8 Saturn 7 S 22 4.3 Uranus 5 S 11 7.1 Uranus 5 S 27 17.5 Jupiter 2 N 11 14.7 Mars 5 S 28 17.7 Mars 5 N CONFIGURATIONS OF THE SUN, MOON AND PLANETS for 2026 h Jan. 3 17.3 Sun at perigee 3 22.0 Jupiter of Moon 4 S 6 16.6 Venus in superior conjunction 9 11.7 Mars at conjunction 10 8.7 Jupiter at opposition 18 19.9 New Moon 20 1.7 Solar longitude 300, enter into Aquarius 21 15.8 Mercury in superior conjunction 23 10.5 Pluto at conjunction 23 12.7 Saturn of Moon 4 S 23 15.8 Neptune of Moon 4 S 27 18.8 Uranus of Moon 5 S 31 2.5 Jupiter of Moon 4 S Feb. 4 4.6 Uranus stationary 15 14.6 Pluto of Moon 1 S 16 3.6 Saturn at conjunction of Neptune 1 S 17 11.3 Annular solar eclipse 17 12.0 New Moon 18 15.9 Solar longitude 330, enter into Pisces 18 23.0 Mercury of Moon 0.1 N 19 17.6 Mercury greatest eastern elong. (18o) 19 23.5 Neptune of Moon 4 S 20 0.1 Saturn of Moon 5 S 24 0.6 Uranus of Moon 6 S 25 16.7 Mercury stationary 26 23.2 Mercury at conjunction of Venus 5 N 27 6.4 Jupiter of Moon 4 S March 3 12.0 Total lunar eclipse 7 11.0 Mercury at inferior conjunction 7 12.0 Venus at conjunction of Neptune 0.07 N 8 22.2 Venus at conjunction of Saturn 1 N 11 2.7 Jupiter stationary 14 6.7 Mercury at conjunction of Марсом 4 N 15 1.0 Pluto of Moon 1 S 17 14.1 Mercury of Moon 2 N 17 21.9 Mars of Moon 2 S 19 1.4 New Moon 19 19.7 Mercury stationary 20 12.6 Venus of Moon 5 S 20 14.8 Solar longitude 0, enter into Aries Beginning of the spring 22 11.3 Neptune at conjunction 23 7.7 Uranus of Moon 5 S 25 8.9 Saturn at conjunction 26 12.2 Jupiter of Moon 4 S Apr. 3 22.5 Mercury greatest western elong. (28o) 11 11.0 Pluto of Moon 1 S 13 10.0 Mars at conjunction of Neptune 0.4 N 15 19.2 Mercury of Moon 5 S 15 21.4 Neptune of Moon 4 S 16 0.8 Mars of Moon 4 S 16 6.1 Saturn of Moon 5 S 16 16.4 Mercury at conjunction of Neptune 1 S 17 11.9 New Moon 19 8.8 Venus of Moon 5 S 19 17.6 Uranus of Moon 5 S 20 0.0 Mercury at conjunction of Марсом 2 S 20 1.7 Solar longitude 30, enter into Taurus 20 8.1 Mercury at conjunction of Saturn 0.5 S 20 17.6 Mars at conjunction of Saturn 1 N 22 22.1 Jupiter of Moon 4 S 24 5.4 Venus at conjunction of Uranus 1 N May 8 11.1 Pluto stationary 8 19.2 Pluto of Moon 2 S 13 9.2 Neptune of Moon 4 S 13 22.0 Saturn of Moon 6 S 14 14.4 Mercury in superior conjunction 15 0.7 Mars of Moon 5 S 16 20.0 New Moon 19 1.8 Venus of Moon 3 S 20 12.6 Jupiter of Moon 3 S 21 0.6 Solar longitude 60, enter into Gemini 22 14.4 Uranus at conjunction June 5 1.3 Pluto of Moon 2 S 9 12.5 Venus at conjunction of Jupiter 2 N 9 19.2 Neptune of Moon 4 S 10 11.7 Saturn of Moon 6 S 12 21.3 Mars of Moon 6 S 13 19.1 Uranus of Moon 5 S 15 2.9 New Moon 15 19.9 Mercury greatest eastern elong. (25o) 16 19.5 Mercury at conjunction of Moon 3 S 17 6.9 Jupiter of Moon 3 S 17 20.3 Venus of Moon 0.3 S 21 8.4 Solar longitude 90, enter into Cancer Beginning of the summer 29 1.9 Mercury stationary July 2 6.2 Pluto of Moon 2 S 4 5.4 Mars at conjunction of Uranus 0.1 S 6 17.5 Солнце at apogee 7 2.6 Neptune of Moon 5 S 7 21.8 Saturn of Moon 7 S 8 4.0 Neptune stationary 11 7.1 Uranus of Moon 5 S 11 14.7 Mars of Moon 5 S 13 1.4 Mercury at inferior conjunction 14 9.7 New Moon 17 16.5 Venus of Moon 2 N 22 19.2 Solar longitude 120, enter into Leo 23 17.2 Mercury stationary 27 6.9 Pluto at opposition 27 23.1 Saturn stationary 29 11.1 Pluto of Moon 2 S 29 12.3 Jupiter at conjunction Aug. 2 8.1 Mercury greatest western elong. (19o) 3 7.9 Neptune of Moon 5 S 4 4.2 Saturn of Moon 7 S 7 16.5 Uranus of Moon 5 S 9 5.5 Mars of Moon 4 S 11 12.8 Mercury of Moon 2 S 12 17.1 Total solar eclipse 12 17.6 New Moon 15 6.5 Venus greatest eastern elong. (46o) 15 9.2 Mercury at conjunction of Jupiter 1 N 16 8.8 Venus of Moon 2 N 23 2.3 Solar longitude 150, enter into Virgo 25 17.2 Pluto of Moon 2 S 27 17.1 Mercury in superior conjunction 28 4.7 Partial lunar eclipse 30 12.8 Neptune of Moon 5 S 31 8.1 Saturn of Moon 7 S Sept. 3 23.1 Uranus of Moon 5 S 6 18.4 Mars of Moon 3 S 8 18.2 Jupiter of Moon 1 S 10 18.3 Uranus stationary 11 3.5 New Moon 12 7.5 Mercury of Moon 4 N 14 11.2 Venus of Moon 1 S 19 1.4 Venus in greatest brilliancy 22 0.6 Pluto of Moon 2 S 23 0.1 Solar longitude 180, enter into Libra Beginning of the autumn 26 1.6 Neptune at opposition 26 19.1 Neptune of Moon 5 S 27 12.0 Saturn of Moon 7 S Oct. 1 4.3 Uranus of Moon 5 S 2 13.6 Venus stationary 4 12.5 Saturn at opposition 5 5.5 Mars of Moon 1 S 5 15.0 Mercury at conjunction of Venus 5 N 6 10.3 Jupiter of Moon 0.2 S 10 15.8 New Moon 12 2.5 Venus of Moon 3 S 12 10.0 Mercury greatest eastern elong. (25o) 12 20.1 Mercury of Moon 2 N 16 11.2 Pluto stationary 19 8.9 Pluto of Moon 2 S 23 9.6 Solar longitude 210, enter into Scorpius 24 3.3 Neptune of Moon 5 S 24 3.7 Venus at inferior conjunction 24 11.8 Mercury stationary 24 17.7 Saturn of Moon 7 S 28 10.4 Uranus of Moon 5 S Nov. 2 14.4 Mars of Moon 1 N 2 23.2 Jupiter of Moon 1 N 4 14.4 Mercury at inferior conjunction 7 11.6 Venus of Moon 1 N 9 7.0 New Moon 11 15.1 Venus stationary 13 9.2 Mercury stationary 15 2.6 Mars at conjunction of Jupiter 1 N 15 17.3 Pluto of Moon 3 S 20 12.6 Neptune of Moon 5 S 20 23.5 Mercury greatest western elong. (20o) 21 1.4 Saturn of Moon 7 S 22 7.4 Solar longitude 240, enter into Sagittarius 24 18.7 Uranus of Moon 5 S 25 22.7 Uranus at opposition 29 19.0 Venus in greatest brilliancy 30 9.3 Jupiter of Moon 1 N 30 19.6 Mars of Moon 3 N Dec. 5 10.7 Venus of Moon 7 N 9 0.9 New Moon 11 23.3 Saturn stationary 13 1.3 Pluto of Moon 3 S 13 10.7 Neptune stationary 13 12.0 Jupiter stationary 17 21.4 Neptune of Moon 5 S 18 10.3 Saturn of Moon 7 S 21 20.8 Solar longitude 270, enter into Capricornus Beginning of the winter 22 4.3 Uranus of Moon 5 S 27 17.5 Jupiter of Moon 2 N 28 17.7 Mars of Moon 5 N