The Moon is in Taurus ♉︎
20°56′ Taurus · Waning gibbous · 86% illuminated · as of . Geocentric longitude from the Meeus lunar solution, regenerated every hour.
20°56′ · earth · fixed · enters Gemini in ~15 h
86% lit · 18.4 days old · waning · elongation 224.0°
Moon in Taurus today
A Taurus Moon slows the day down and makes it tactile — food, comfort, money and anything that can be touched feel more important than they did yesterday. The Moon is exalted here, so this is a steadying transit rather than a dramatic one.
Born with the Moon here? That is a different question — the natal Taurus Moon page covers it. The Sun stands at 6°56′ Libra, so the Moon–Sun angle today is 224.0°.
This page is live Moon weather: tropical sign, phase, and the next lunation. Daily horoscope columns are tropical one-sign letters from today's sky — not this Meeus Moon. Two charts in a relationship are the synastry calculator, not today's transit Moon.
| Next lunations | Date (UTC) | Time (UTC) | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| New moon | October 10, 2026 | 15:51 UTC | 17°22′ Libra |
| Full moon | October 26, 2026 | 04:13 UTC | 2°46′ Taurus |
| New moon | November 9, 2026 | 07:04 UTC | 16°53′ Scorpio |
| Full moon | November 24, 2026 | 14:55 UTC | 2°20′ Gemini |
This page is live Moon weather: tropical sign, phase, and the next lunation. The 2026 eclipse calendar is four dated solar and lunar maxima — eclipse-season rows, not tonight's Moon.
A transit Moon is not a natal Moon. How Charting Stars calculates birth charts is the natal pipeline that computes the Moon at birth. Einstein's birth chart in Hellenistic, Vedic, and BaZi is his tropical Sagittarius versus sidereal Scorpio natal Moon, not tonight's weather.
A transit-Moon brief is not a birth-time longitude check. The Birth Chart Accuracy Test Set is 7 natal fixtures with named sources and pass/fail deltas, not tonight's sign, phase, and lunation.
Common questions.
What sign is the Moon in today?
As of 2026-09-30 02:11:40 UTC, the Moon is at 20°56′ Taurus (tropical), moving 14.23° a day, and enters Gemini in about 15 hours. In the sidereal zodiac (Lahiri) it sits in the nakshatra Krittika, pada 1.
What phase is the Moon in today?
Waning gibbous: 86% of the disc is illuminated and the Moon is about 18.4 days past new, waning toward new. Phase is computed from the Moon–Sun elongation of 224.0°.
When is the next full moon?
The next full moon is on October 26, 2026 at 04:13 UTC, at 2°46′ Taurus.
When is the next new moon?
The next new moon is on October 10, 2026 at 15:51 UTC, at 17°22′ Libra.
How is this page computed?
The Moon's geocentric ecliptic longitude comes from the Meeus lunar solution and the Sun's from VSOP87 — the same engine that casts every chart on this site and is checked in CI against seven reference charts. The page is regenerated every hour; lunation instants come from the pre-computed sky calendar.
Where does today's Moon sit in my chart?
Tonight's Moon is a transit: the live luminary at this UTC snapshot, not the Moon you were born under. To see where today's Moon sits in your chart, cast the free Big 3 preview at https://chartingstars.com/chart with a birth time and place. This page is live Moon weather, not a natal overlay.
Where is today’s Moon in your chart?
The transit lands in a specific house of your natal chart, which needs your birth time and place. The free cast returns your Big 3 in under a minute.
Tonight's Moon phase is not a reading of your natal Moon.
This page is transit Moon weather. The $19.99 one-time AI Natal Report interprets the Moon you were born under, in the house and aspects of your exact chart. Confirm birth details on the reading intake; 7-day satisfaction guarantee.