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Total Lunar Eclipse in Cancer

28° Cancer · 9:32 pm ET

Full Moon in Cancer · 100% lit

Daily WeatherCancer · waxing 100%

Monday, January 18, 1954

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Moon in Cancer · waxing 100% · Jupiter ℞ in Gemini · three planets retrograde

9:37 pm ET · 28°30′ Cancer

Total Lunar Eclipse in Cancer

An eclipse-grade full moon — this cycle's culmination carries unusual weight.

  • 2:43 am ETMercury enters Aquarius
  • applying♀ □ ♆exact Tue 12:45 am ET
  • applying☿ □ ♄exact Sat 6:54 am ET
  • applying♂ △ ♅exact Sat 10:27 pm ET
  • separating☉ □ ♆exact Sat 11:31 am ET

A day of culmination under shadow — you may watch a long arc complete itself in an unexpected tone.

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Positions

  • Sun28°04′ Capricorn
  • Moon23°00′ Cancer
  • Mercury0°37′ Aquarius
  • Venus25°21′ Capricorn
  • Mars17°22′ Scorpio
  • Jupiter℞︎17°17′ Gemini
  • Saturn8°36′ Scorpio
  • Uranus℞︎20°46′ Cancer
  • Neptune26°02′ Libra
  • Pluto℞︎24°23′ Leo
  • North Node24°01′ Capricorn

Jupiter, Uranus & Pluto retrograde

Active aspects

  • Venus square Neptune0.7° orb
  • Neptune sextile Pluto1.6° orb
  • Sun square Neptune2.0° orb
  • Moon conjunction Uranus2.2° orb
  • Moon opposition Venus2.4° orb
  • Sun conjunction Mercury2.6° orb
  • Sun conjunction Venus2.7° orb
  • Moon square Neptune3.0° orb
  • Mars trine Uranus3.4° orb
  • Mercury square Neptune4.6° orb
  • Venus opposition Uranus4.6° orb

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