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October 1940

A total solar eclipse in Libra on October 1 and a penumbral lunar eclipse in Aries on October 16; Mercury stations retrograde on October 31.

Total Solar Eclipse in Libra

8° Libra · October 1, 7:44 am ET

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This month

  • New Moon · LibraOct 1 · 7:42 am
  • First Quarter · CapricornOct 8 · 1:19 am
  • Full Moon · AriesOct 16 · 3:16 am
  • Last Quarter · LeoOct 24 · 1:05 am
  • New Moon · ScorpioOct 30 · 5:04 pm
  • Total solar eclipse · 8° LibraOct 1 · 7:44 am
  • Penumbral lunar eclipse · 22° AriesOct 16 · 3:01 am
  • Mercury stations retrogradeOct 31 · 8:41 pm

Mercury retrograde Oct 31 – Nov 20

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

Notable aspects

  • Mars sextile PlutoOct 11 · 10:14 pm
  • Uranus trine NeptuneOct 1 · 10:01 pm
  • Jupiter conjunction SaturnOct 19 · 11:28 pm
  • Venus square UranusOct 2 · 8:36 pm
  • Mercury opposition SaturnOct 12 · 11:11 pm
  • Mercury opposition JupiterOct 13 · 5:04 am
  • Venus trine SaturnOct 17 · 5:44 pm
  • Mercury sextile NeptuneOct 26 · 9:42 pm
  • Sun square PlutoOct 27 · 4:43 pm
  • Venus trine UranusOct 28 · 5:29 am
  • Venus conjunction NeptuneOct 29 · 5:42 pm