Looking for planetary positions today? This page loads the current tropical sky first—no birth date, time, or place. See each planet’s sign, degree, and retrograde, then continue to a transit chart if you want those positions against your natal chart.
This table is generated using the method explained below.
Planetary longitudes use the open-source astronomy-engine library (official project linked above): geocentric position vectors converted to tropical ecliptic longitude—the same core math family used across AstroCarto chart calculators on this site.
Astrology content on this page is for general information and exploration only. It is not medical, financial, legal, or other professional advice, and it does not guarantee outcomes. Use your own judgment for important decisions.
Last updated: 2026-08-17
Planetary positions today are the geocentric tropical longitudes of the Sun, Moon, and planets at this moment (or any moment you choose). Western astrology reads those longitudes as signs and degrees: the Sun in Leo, the Moon in Libra, Saturn retrograde in Aries, and so on. This is the sky itself—not your birth chart. You do not need a birth time to answer “where are the planets today?” Houses and the Ascendant do need a location; this tool leaves them out on purpose so the first result matches the search job.
A natal chart freezes the sky at your birth. Current planet positions change continuously: the Moon moves about 13° per day, the Sun about 1°, and the outer planets far more slowly. Use this table when you want current signs and retrogrades. Use a natal chart when you want the snapshot of your birth...
Each planet occupies one of twelve 30° signs. The degree in sign (0°–29°) tells you how far it has traveled through that sign. Daily motion is the change in ecliptic longitude over 24 hours; when that value is negative, the planet is retrograde (℞)—an apparent backward motion from Earth’s perspectiv...
Once you can see the current sky, the useful next questions are personal and geographic. Overlay the same sky on your birth chart with the Transit Chart Calculator. Generate a natal wheel if you do not have one yet. Astrocartography maps natal angles onto Earth—it does not redraw lines as today’s tr...
Get a free, no-signup view of current planetary positions with the same tropical geocentric method used in our chart tools. The table is built for a quick sky check, then a clear handoff into transits and natal work.
The table is meant to appear immediately. Optional date and time let you inspect another moment without turning this into a natal calculator.
When the page loads, it requests planetary positions for now. Each row lists the planet, tropical sign, degree in that sign, and whether it is direct or retrograde. The timestamp under the heading is the UTC instant used for the calculation.
Use the date and time fields if you want yesterday’s sky, a future date, or a specific clock time. Calculate again to refresh the table. The Now button returns to the current instant so you are not stuck on a leftover date.
Below the table, major aspects among today’s planets (conjunction, opposition, square, trine, sextile) use the same orbs as our transit tool. These are sky-to-sky contacts, not hits to your natal chart. They describe the weather of the moment, not your personal transits.
If the question is “how does this touch me?”, open the Transit Chart Calculator and enter birth data. If you still need the birth snapshot itself, generate a natal chart first. Keep astrocartography for natal line geography—not as a live map of today’s transits.
A compact current-sky tool: tropical longitudes, retrograde flags, optional datetime, and a bridge into personal chart calculators.
The table covers the ten bodies used in standard Western chart work: Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto. Positions are geocentric ecliptic longitudes converted into sign and degree. That is the same coordinate family our natal and transit calculators use.
A planet is marked retrograde when its ecliptic longitude decreases over the next 24 hours. That matches the usual ephemeris “Rx” flag. Mercury retrogrades get the headlines; slower planets also station. The Sun and Moon stay direct.
You can inspect another civil datetime without creating an account. The client converts your local date and time to UTC before calculation. Leave the fields alone if you only wanted the sky as it is now.
Buttons under the result go to the Transit Chart Calculator and Natal Chart pages. That keeps this URL focused on the current sky while still connecting to the rest of the chart cluster.
Common questions about current planetary positions, retrogrades, tropical vs sidereal, and how this table differs from a transit chart.
You now have the current tropical sky. Overlay the same positions on your natal chart with the free Transit Chart Calculator—birth data required there, because that is a personal timing question, not a sky table.