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April 1940

A annular solar eclipse in Aries on April 7 and a penumbral lunar eclipse in Scorpio on April 21.

Annular Solar Eclipse in Aries

17° Aries · April 7, 3:21 pm ET

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This month

  • New Moon · AriesApr 7 · 3:19 pm
  • First Quarter · CancerApr 15 · 8:46 am
  • Full Moon · ScorpioApr 21 · 11:37 pm
  • Last Quarter · AquariusApr 29 · 3:50 am
  • Annular solar eclipse · 17° AriesApr 7 · 3:21 pm
  • Penumbral lunar eclipse · 1° ScorpioApr 21 · 11:26 pm
  • Pluto stations directApr 12 · 9:54 pm

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

Notable aspects

  • Mars sextile PlutoApr 2 · 12:47 pm
  • Venus sextile PlutoApr 5 · 3:29 am
  • Mercury sextile UranusApr 6 · 1:16 pm
  • Venus conjunction MarsApr 9 · 6:13 pm
  • Mercury opposition NeptuneApr 10 · 7:44 pm
  • Sun conjunction JupiterApr 11 · 4:35 pm
  • Mercury trine PlutoApr 17 · 12:16 pm
  • Sun conjunction SaturnApr 24 · 12:34 pm
  • Venus square NeptuneApr 28 · 5:19 am
  • Mercury sextile MarsApr 30 · 7:04 am