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October 1959

A total solar eclipse in Libra on October 2.

Total Solar Eclipse in Libra

8° Libra · October 2, 8:26 am ET

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This month

  • New Moon · LibraOct 2 · 8:31 am
  • First Quarter · CapricornOct 9 · 12:23 am
  • Full Moon · AriesOct 16 · 11:59 am
  • Last Quarter · LeoOct 24 · 4:23 pm
  • New Moon · ScorpioOct 31 · 5:42 pm
  • Total solar eclipse · 8° LibraOct 2 · 8:26 am

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

Notable aspects

  • Mars sextile PlutoOct 29 · 4:17 pm
  • Mars conjunction NeptuneOct 31 · 1:36 am
  • Mars sextile UranusOct 6 · 3:31 am
  • Mars sextile SaturnOct 24 · 7:08 pm
  • Venus conjunction PlutoOct 10 · 6:55 am
  • Venus sextile NeptuneOct 11 · 11:14 am
  • Mercury sextile PlutoOct 12 · 1:25 pm
  • Mercury conjunction NeptuneOct 13 · 12:21 am
  • Sun sextile UranusOct 14 · 3:37 am
  • Mercury square UranusOct 23 · 6:57 am
  • Sun sextile SaturnOct 26 · 12:27 pm