Launch / publish — August 2026
The best days to release music in August 2026.
Computed in America/New York (Eastern Time); every interval prints its UTC offset. A different timezone shifts the day boundaries — the sky doesn’t change, but the local days it lands in can.
You’ve got the release on the calendar. Here is August 2026, scored for releasing: every hour rated on the Moon void-of-course, Mercury retrograde, the Moon’s phase, and its next applying aspect for this decision — then averaged per day. Fifty is a flat sky; every point above it is computed help, every point below is drag.
The month’s best stretch opens Thu, Aug 20, 5:00 AM EDT and holds until Fri, Aug 21, 4:00 AM EDT, scoring 76.
Amber rows below are the days that stretch touches. Scores compare moments; they do not promise results.
| Date | Day | Score | The computed sky |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1 | Sat | 38 | waning |
| Aug 2 | Sun | 34 | trine Jupiter 6:20 AMwaningvoid Sun 8:33 AM – Sun 4:36 PM |
| Aug 3 | Mon | 42 | trine Jupiter 6:20 AMwaning |
| Aug 4 | Tue | 29 | square Jupiter 12:33 PMwaningvoid Tue 2:51 PM – Tue 10:35 PM |
| Aug 5 | Wed | 34 | square Jupiter 12:33 PMwaning |
| Aug 6 | Thu | 34 | waningvoid Thu 7:25 PM – Fri 2:07 AM |
| Aug 7 | Fri | 40 | sextile Jupiter 4:18 PMwaningvoid Thu 7:25 PM – Fri 2:07 AM |
| Aug 8 | Sat | 38 | waning |
| Aug 9 | Sun | 36 | waningvoid Sun 1:27 AM – Sun 3:45 AM |
| Aug 10 | Mon | 17 | waningvoid Mon 3:30 AM – Tue 4:38 AM |
| Aug 11 | Tue | 41 | conjunction Jupiter 8:01 PMwaningvoid Mon 3:30 AM – Tue 4:38 AM |
| Aug 12 | Wed | 38 | waningwaxingvoid Wed 1:36 PM – Thu 6:18 AM |
| Aug 13 | Thu | 46 | waxingvoid Wed 1:36 PM – Thu 6:18 AMvoid Thu 3:23 PM – Sat 10:19 AM |
| Aug 14 | Fri | 37 | waxingvoid Thu 3:23 PM – Sat 10:19 AM |
| Aug 15 | Sat | 55 | sextile Jupiter 5:02 AMwaxingvoid Thu 3:23 PM – Sat 10:19 AM |
| Aug 16 | Sun | 64 | sextile Jupiter 5:02 AMwaxing |
| Aug 17 | Mon | 50 | square Jupiter 2:43 PMwaxingvoid Mon 7:30 AM – Mon 5:46 PM |
| Aug 18 | Tue | 57 | square Jupiter 2:43 PMwaxing |
| Aug 19 | Wed | 61 | waxingvoid Wed 10:46 PM – Thu 4:30 AM |
| Aug 20 | Thu | 68 | trine Jupiter 3:26 AMwaxingvoid Wed 10:46 PM – Thu 4:30 AM |
| Aug 21 | Fri | 64 | trine Jupiter 3:26 AMwaxing |
| Aug 22 | Sat | 62 | waxing |
| Aug 23 | Sun | 62 | waxing |
| Aug 24 | Mon | 40 | waxingvoid Mon 2:30 AM – Tue 5:01 AM |
| Aug 25 | Tue | 47 | opposition Jupiter 5:31 AMwaxingvoid Mon 2:30 AM – Tue 5:01 AM |
| Aug 26 | Wed | 53 | opposition Jupiter 5:31 AMwaxingvoid Wed 5:59 PM – Thu 3:03 PM |
| Aug 27 | Thu | 45 | waxingvoid Wed 5:59 PM – Thu 3:03 PM |
| Aug 28 | Fri | 28 | waningwaxingvoid Fri 12:14 PM – Sat 10:37 PM |
| Aug 29 | Sat | 15 | trine Jupiter 10:55 PMwaningvoid Fri 12:14 PM – Sat 10:37 PM |
| Aug 30 | Sun | 51 | trine Jupiter 10:55 PMwaning |
| Aug 31 | Mon | 30 | waningvoid Mon 3:47 PM – Tue 4:01 AM |
How to read this
Void-of-course— after the Moon’s last exact aspect in a sign, before it enters the next. The classical read: finish things; don’t start them. Exact times are in the void calendar for August 2026. Mercury retrograde — the traditional caution for messages, deals, and signatures; station times to the second are in the retrograde dates. Waxing / waning — growing favors starts, thinning favors finishing. The applying aspect— the Moon’s next exact contact with this decision’s planet, easy angles helping, hard angles dragging. The full rulebook — which conventions Orrery follows and which it refuses — is in Method.
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