Today's Almanac

London · 2026-11-11 · UTC

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Each hour of the day and night is ruled by one of the seven classical planets. The hour's ruler colours what the moment favours — a light, traditional way to time small actions.

Right now
Hour of Venus · love & harmony

Favours love, friendship, art, beauty, pleasure, reconciliation and money matters.

Day of Mercury — mind & messages

The Moon

The Moon now: Waxing Crescent, 6% lit, as it looks from here

Drawn as it looks from this place: the lit side faces where the Sun is, tilted as it stands in your sky.

Phase
Waxing Crescent · 6%
Age
2.5 days — day 3 of the cycle
Sign (tropical)
Sagittarius 17°11′
Lunar mansion
21. al-Balda (البلدة)
Distance
403,819 km · near apogee
Declination
-27.4° · out of bounds
In your sky
below the horizon · rises 10:59 · sets 17:41
Next sign
Capricorn · Thu 12 Nov 20:27
Coming phases and eclipses
  • Fri 13 Nov 17:57 Apogee (farthest) 405,649 km
  • Tue 17 Nov 11:47 First Quarter Aquarius 25°08′
  • Tue 24 Nov 14:53 Full Moon Gemini 2°20′ · supermoon
  • Wed 25 Nov 21:08 Perigee (nearest) 359,335 km
  • Tue 1 Dec 06:08 Last Quarter Virgo 9°03′
  • Wed 9 Dec 00:51 New Moon Sagittarius 16°57′
  • Fri 11 Dec 06:58 Apogee (farthest) 406,435 km
  • Thu 17 Dec 05:42 First Quarter Pisces 25°17′
  • Thu 24 Dec 01:28 Full Moon Cancer 2°14′ · supermoon
  • Thu 24 Dec 08:38 Perigee (nearest) 356,647 km
  • Wed 30 Dec 18:59 Last Quarter Libra 9°05′
  • Thu 7 Jan 20:24 New Moon Capricorn 17°18′ · micromoon
  • Sat 6 Feb 15:59 Solar eclipse (annular) Aquarius 17°38′
  • Sat 20 Feb 23:12 Lunar eclipse (penumbral) Virgo 1°59′
  • Sun 18 Jul 16:02 Lunar eclipse (penumbral) Capricorn 25°58′
The lunar month as a wheel
The lunar month as a wheelAries♈︎Taurus♉︎Gemini♊︎Cancer♋︎Leo♌︎Virgo♍︎Libra♎︎Scorpio♏︎Sagittarius♐︎Capricorn♑︎Aquarius♒︎Pisces♓︎1. al-Sharaṭān12. al-Buṭayn23. al-Thurayyā34. al-Dabarān45. al-Haqʿa56. al-Hanʿa67. al-Dhirāʿ78. al-Nathra89. al-Ṭarf910. al-Jabha1011. al-Zubra1112. al-Ṣarfa1213. al-ʿAwwāʾ1314. al-Simāk1415. al-Ghafr1516. al-Zubānā1617. al-Iklīl1718. al-Qalb1819. al-Shawla1920. al-Naʿāʾim2021. al-Balda2122. Saʿd al-Dhābiḥ2223. Saʿd Bulaʿ2324. Saʿd al-Suʿūd2425. Saʿd al-Akhbiya2526. al-Fargh al-Muqaddam2627. al-Fargh al-Muʾakhkhar2728. Baṭn al-Ḥūt28Tue 17 NovTue 24 NovTue 1 DecWed 9 DecSolar eclipse Sat 6 FebLunar eclipse Sat 20 FebLunar eclipse Sun 18 Jul

Outside, the signs; then the 28 lunar mansions (the Moon's is lit); inside, where each phase falls this month. The white line is the Moon now, the gold dot the Sun; the dashed lines are the coming quarters.

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Sunrise 07:11
Sunset 16:16
Moon Sagittarius · Waxing Crescent · 6%

Today's sky

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Retrogrades

  • Mercury retrograde in Scorpio
  • Venus retrograde in Libra · slowing to station
  • Saturn retrograde in Aries
  • Uranus retrograde in Gemini
  • Neptune retrograde in Aries

Retrograde shadows

  • Venus: Rx 2026-10-03 → direct 2026-11-14 · pre-shadow 2026-08-31→2026-10-03 · post-shadow 2026-11-14→2026-12-15
  • Mercury: Rx 2026-10-24 → direct 2026-11-13 · pre-shadow 2026-10-04→2026-10-24 · post-shadow 2026-11-13→2026-11-30

Active major aspects

  • Uranus Trine Pluto (orb 1.04°, applying)
  • Neptune Sextile Pluto (orb 1.35°, separating)
  • Uranus Sextile Neptune (orb 2.39°, applying)
  • Saturn Sextile Uranus (orb 4.42°, applying)
  • Saturn Sextile Pluto (orb 5.46°, applying)
#TimeRulerFavours
1 07:11–07:57 Mercury mind & messages
2 07:57–08:42 Moon feeling & the everyday
3 08:42–09:27 Saturn structure & discipline
4 09:27–10:13 Jupiter growth & fortune
5 10:13–10:58 Mars drive & action
6 10:58–11:44 Sun vitality & leadership
7 11:44–12:29 Venus love & harmony
8 12:29–13:15 Mercury mind & messages
9 13:15–14:00 Moon feeling & the everyday
10 14:00–14:45 Saturn structure & discipline
11 14:45–15:31 Jupiter growth & fortune
12 15:31–16:16 Mars drive & action
13 16:16–17:31 Sun vitality & leadership
14 17:31–18:46 Venus love & harmony
15 18:46–20:00 Mercury mind & messages
16 20:00–21:15 Moon feeling & the everyday
17 21:15–22:30 Saturn structure & discipline
18 22:30–23:45 Jupiter growth & fortune
19 23:45–00:59 Mars drive & action
20 00:59–02:14 Sun vitality & leadership
21 02:14–03:29 Venus love & harmony
22 03:29–04:43 Mercury mind & messages
23 04:43–05:58 Moon feeling & the everyday
24 05:58–07:13 Saturn structure & discipline

Planetary hours split day and night into twelve unequal parts each; the ruler of the first hour after sunrise gives the day its name. Times shown in local time (UTC).