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January 1956

A full moon in Leo on January 27 and a new moon in Capricorn on January 12; Mercury stations retrograde on January 18.

Mars square Pluto

28°13′ Scorpio–Leo · January 11, 3:51 am ET

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This month

  • Last Quarter · LibraJan 4 · 5:41 pm
  • New Moon · CapricornJan 12 · 10:02 pm
  • First Quarter · AriesJan 20 · 5:59 pm
  • Full Moon · LeoJan 27 · 9:41 am
  • Mercury stations retrogradeJan 18 · 10:51 am

Mercury retrograde Jan 18 – Feb 8

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

Notable aspects

  • Mars square PlutoJan 11 · 3:51 am
  • Jupiter sextile NeptuneJan 14 · 5:19 am
  • Uranus square NeptuneJan 19 · 8:29 am
  • Mars trine UranusJan 14 · 6:20 pm
  • Saturn trine UranusJan 17 · 5:36 pm
  • Mars conjunction SaturnJan 14 · 2:20 am
  • Jupiter square SaturnJan 15 · 6:43 am
  • Mars square JupiterJan 14 · 8:55 am
  • Mercury sextile SaturnJan 3 · 2:43 pm
  • Venus opposition PlutoJan 15 · 8:36 pm
  • Sun square NeptuneJan 21 · 5:51 am
  • Mercury sextile MarsJan 26 · 4:57 am
  • Mercury sextile SaturnJan 31 · 4:54 pm