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October 1949

A total lunar eclipse in Aries on October 6 and a partial solar eclipse in Libra on October 21; Mercury retrograde ends October 12.

Total Lunar Eclipse in Aries

13° Aries · October 6, 9:56 pm ET

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This month

  • Full Moon · AriesOct 6 · 9:53 pm
  • Last Quarter · CancerOct 14 · 11:06 pm
  • New Moon · LibraOct 21 · 4:23 pm
  • First Quarter · AquariusOct 28 · 12:05 pm
  • Total lunar eclipse · 13° AriesOct 6 · 9:56 pm
  • Partial solar eclipse · 28° LibraOct 21 · 4:13 pm
  • Uranus stations retrogradeOct 11 · 12:30 am
  • Mercury stations directOct 12 · 2:45 pm

Mercury retrograde Sep 20 – Oct 12

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

Notable aspects

  • Mars conjunction PlutoOct 5 · 8:09 pm
  • Sun conjunction Mercury · cazimiOct 3 · 3:09 pm
  • Sun conjunction NeptuneOct 8 · 8:03 am
  • Mercury square UranusOct 9 · 3:57 am
  • Mercury sextile VenusOct 13 · 6:20 pm
  • Mercury square UranusOct 16 · 2:18 am
  • Sun square JupiterOct 17 · 3:25 am
  • Sun sextile MarsOct 19 · 1:21 am
  • Venus square SaturnOct 24 · 12:40 am
  • Mercury conjunction NeptuneOct 25 · 11:07 am
  • Mercury sextile PlutoOct 27 · 3:21 am
  • Mercury sextile VenusOct 29 · 1:18 pm
  • Mercury square JupiterOct 31 · 3:21 pm