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May 1950

Five lunations in a single month; Mercury is retrograde May 3 through May 27.

Full Moon in Scorpio

11°15′ Scorpio · May 2, 1:20 am ET

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This month

  • Full Moon · ScorpioMay 2 · 1:20 am
  • Last Quarter · AquariusMay 8 · 6:32 pm
  • New Moon · TaurusMay 16 · 8:55 pm
  • First Quarter · VirgoMay 24 · 5:29 pm
  • Full Moon · SagittariusMay 31 · 8:43 am
  • BeltaneMay 5 · 10:25 pm
  • Mars stations directMay 3 · 11:54 am
  • Mercury stations retrogradeMay 3 · 12:11 pm
  • Saturn stations directMay 15 · 5:18 am
  • Mercury stations directMay 27 · 8:24 am

Mercury retrograde May 3 – May 27

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

Notable aspects

  • Sun square PlutoMay 6 · 5:54 pm
  • Venus square UranusMay 7 · 8:07 pm
  • Sun trine MarsMay 13 · 8:20 pm
  • Sun conjunction Mercury · cazimiMay 14 · 2:16 pm
  • Venus trine PlutoMay 19 · 11:27 pm