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August 1959

A full moon in Aquarius on August 18 and a new moon in Leo on August 4; Mercury retrograde ends August 15.

Mars sextile Jupiter

24°18′ Virgo–Scorpio · August 27, 9:59 pm ET

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This month

  • New Moon · LeoAug 4 · 10:34 am
  • First Quarter · ScorpioAug 11 · 1:10 pm
  • Full Moon · AquariusAug 18 · 8:51 am
  • Last Quarter · GeminiAug 26 · 4:04 am
  • LughnasadhAug 8 · 3:04 am
  • Venus stations retrogradeAug 10 · 7:15 pm
  • Mercury stations directAug 15 · 6:08 pm

Mercury retrograde Jul 22 – Aug 15

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

Notable aspects

  • Mars sextile JupiterAug 27 · 9:59 pm
  • Sun conjunction Mercury · cazimiAug 5 · 1:33 pm
  • Sun conjunction UranusAug 9 · 9:19 pm
  • Venus conjunction MarsAug 14 · 2:26 pm
  • Sun square JupiterAug 16 · 5:21 pm
  • Sun trine SaturnAug 24 · 7:47 am
  • Sun conjunction PlutoAug 27 · 7:43 pm
  • Sun sextile NeptuneAug 28 · 1:51 pm