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August 1956

A full moon in Aquarius on August 21 and a new moon in Leo on August 6.

Neptune sextile Pluto

27°54′ Libra–Leo · August 8, 10:25 pm ET

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This month

  • New Moon · LeoAug 6 · 7:25 am
  • First Quarter · ScorpioAug 13 · 4:46 am
  • Full Moon · AquariusAug 21 · 8:38 am
  • Last Quarter · GeminiAug 29 · 12:13 am
  • LughnasadhAug 7 · 9:41 am
  • Mars stations retrogradeAug 10 · 12:15 pm

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

Notable aspects

  • Neptune sextile PlutoAug 8 · 10:25 pm
  • Mercury square SaturnAug 3 · 10:44 am
  • Mercury conjunction JupiterAug 9 · 12:37 pm
  • Venus sextile JupiterAug 14 · 10:16 pm
  • Sun square SaturnAug 19 · 8:34 am
  • Mercury opposition MarsAug 20 · 4:40 pm
  • Mercury sextile UranusAug 30 · 10:15 pm