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March 1940

A penumbral lunar eclipse in Libra on March 23; the spring equinox falls on March 20; Mercury is retrograde Mar 6 through Mar 28.

Penumbral Lunar Eclipse in Libra

3° Libra · March 23, 2:48 pm ET

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This month

  • New Moon · PiscesMar 8 · 9:23 pm
  • First Quarter · GeminiMar 16 · 10:26 pm
  • Full Moon · LibraMar 23 · 2:34 pm
  • Last Quarter · CapricornMar 30 · 11:20 am
  • Penumbral lunar eclipse · 3° LibraMar 23 · 2:48 pm
  • Spring EquinoxMar 20 · 1:23 pm
  • Mercury stations retrogradeMar 6 · 12:33 am
  • Mercury stations directMar 28 · 9:55 pm

Mercury retrograde Mar 6 – Mar 28

All times Eastern (America/New_York) — the printed edition's anchor.

Notable aspects

  • Saturn square PlutoMar 26 · 12:09 am
  • Mars trine NeptuneMar 23 · 9:38 am
  • Mars conjunction UranusMar 16 · 1:41 am
  • Venus square PlutoMar 9 · 5:28 am
  • Sun opposition NeptuneMar 14 · 4:09 pm
  • Sun conjunction Mercury · cazimiMar 15 · 8:59 am
  • Mercury sextile MarsMar 19 · 8:09 am
  • Sun trine PlutoMar 21 · 6:54 am
  • Mercury sextile VenusMar 24 · 7:20 am
  • Venus conjunction UranusMar 25 · 5:04 pm
  • Venus trine NeptuneMar 29 · 4:18 pm