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October 1948

A penumbral lunar eclipse in Aries on October 17; Mercury is retrograde Oct 7 through Oct 28.

Penumbral Lunar Eclipse in Aries

24° Aries · October 17, 9:35 pm ET

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This month

  • New Moon · LibraOct 2 · 2:42 pm
  • First Quarter · CapricornOct 9 · 5:11 pm
  • Full Moon · AriesOct 17 · 9:24 pm
  • Last Quarter · LeoOct 25 · 8:42 am
  • Penumbral lunar eclipse · 24° AriesOct 17 · 9:35 pm
  • Uranus stations retrogradeOct 6 · 4:35 am
  • Mercury stations retrogradeOct 7 · 8:25 pm
  • Mercury stations directOct 28 · 6:03 pm

Mercury retrograde Oct 7 – Oct 28

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Notable aspects

  • Mars square SaturnOct 21 · 9:41 pm
  • Sun conjunction NeptuneOct 5 · 9:11 pm
  • Venus conjunction SaturnOct 8 · 5:12 am
  • Mercury sextile VenusOct 10 · 3:24 pm
  • Mercury sextile SaturnOct 14 · 4:34 am
  • Sun sextile JupiterOct 18 · 12:16 am
  • Sun conjunction Mercury · cazimiOct 19 · 7:19 pm
  • Mercury sextile JupiterOct 20 · 8:51 pm
  • Sun sextile SaturnOct 27 · 6:44 am
  • Venus square JupiterOct 29 · 7:09 am