Indiana Solunar Calendar — August 2026

The August 2026 solunar calendar for Indiana covers every day of the month, with the major and minor deer movement windows, moon phase, and a fused 0–100 hunt score computed for the state's geographic center (39.85°N, 86.26°W, Eastern Time). The month moves through the Waning Gibbous, Last Quarter, Waning Crescent, New Moon, Waxing Crescent, First Quarter, Waxing Gibbous and Full Moon phases, and the table below shows when each window opens and closes for that location. Whitetail rut peak in Indiana is early–mid November, so the days closest to that window are the ones to flag early. Archery is open October 1 – early January, firearm mid-November (16 days) for hunters in the field. Midwest cover is glacial till plains, mixed hardwoods, and southern hill country, which shifts the value of a strong major window — wind in big timber moves scent differently than wind across open ag, and the solunar overlay is most useful when read against that terrain context.