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May 1956

A partial lunar eclipse in Sagittarius on May 24; Mercury stations retrograde on May 14.

Partial Lunar Eclipse in Sagittarius

3° Sagittarius · May 24, 11:31 am ET

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This month

  • Last Quarter · AquariusMay 2 · 10:56 pm
  • New Moon · TaurusMay 10 · 9:05 am
  • First Quarter · LeoMay 17 · 1:16 am
  • Full Moon · SagittariusMay 24 · 11:27 am
  • Partial lunar eclipse · 3° SagittariusMay 24 · 11:31 am
  • BeltaneMay 5 · 9:10 am
  • Pluto stations directMay 7 · 4:01 pm
  • Mercury stations retrogradeMay 14 · 8:12 am
  • Venus stations retrogradeMay 31 · 2:04 pm

Mercury retrograde May 14 – Jun 7

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

Notable aspects

  • Mars opposition PlutoMay 27 · 10:48 am
  • Uranus square NeptuneMay 5 · 6:31 am
  • Mars trine NeptuneMay 30 · 3:59 pm
  • Saturn trine UranusMay 24 · 3:35 am
  • Mars square SaturnMay 31 · 7:25 pm
  • Mars opposition JupiterMay 22 · 11:38 am
  • Sun square PlutoMay 16 · 9:25 pm
  • Sun sextile UranusMay 19 · 11:19 pm
  • Sun conjunction Mercury · cazimiMay 25 · 8:09 pm