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Where Were the Planets on February 26, 2026?

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On February 26, 2026, the Sun was in Pisces (7°53' at noon UTC), the Moon moved from Gemini into Cancer, and the Moon phase was Waxing Gibbous (72% illuminated). Mercury and Jupiter were retrograde.

A quiet day in the sky: no planet changed sign or direction, and no exact planetary aspects formed.

Planetary Positions at Noon UTC

Signs and degrees at 12:00 UTC on February 26, 2026. The Moon moves about 13 degrees a day, from 26°56' Gemini at midnight UTC to 11°05' Cancer at the end of the day.

Planetary positions on February 26, 2026
BodyPositionMotionIn Sign SinceNext Sign Change
Sun7°53'43" PiscesDirect into Aries
Moon4°01'29" CancerDirect into Leo
Mercury22°33'40" PiscesStationing direct into Aries
Venus20°05'50" PiscesDirect into Aries
Mars26°46'26" AquariusDirect into Pisces
Jupiter15°20'51" CancerRetrograde into Leo
Saturn1°25'31" AriesDirect into Taurus
Uranus27°40'50" TaurusDirect into Gemini
Neptune0°57'28" AriesDirect into Taurus
Pluto4°27'53" AquariusDirect into Pisces
North Node9°10'38" PiscesDirect into Aquarius

Sky Events on February 26, 2026

The Moon phase is Waxing Gibbous, 72% illuminated at noon UTC.

DateEventDetail
The Moon enters CancerLeaves Gemini

Born on February 26, 2026?

The Sun, Mercury and Venus were all in Pisces, so everyone born that day is a Pisces several times over. Saturn and Neptune sat less than a degree apart in Aries, a close conjunction shared by every chart from that day.

Planet signs are only part of the picture. Your rising sign changes about every two hours and the Moon moves half a degree an hour, so your exact birth time and place decide your houses, angles and Moon degree.

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