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March 1961

A partial lunar eclipse in Virgo on March 2; the spring equinox falls on March 20; Mercury retrograde ends March 6.

Partial Lunar Eclipse in Virgo

11° Virgo · March 2, 8:28 am ET

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This month

  • Full Moon · VirgoMar 2 · 8:35 am
  • Last Quarter · SagittariusMar 9 · 9:58 pm
  • New Moon · PiscesMar 16 · 1:51 pm
  • First Quarter · CancerMar 23 · 9:49 pm
  • Partial lunar eclipse · 11° VirgoMar 2 · 8:28 am
  • Spring EquinoxMar 20 · 3:32 pm
  • Mercury stations directMar 6 · 6:15 pm
  • Venus stations retrogradeMar 20 · 3:14 pm

Mercury retrograde Feb 12 – Mar 6

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

Notable aspects

  • Mars sextile PlutoMar 13 · 5:38 am
  • Mars trine NeptuneMar 25 · 9:48 am
  • Sun trine NeptuneMar 1 · 7:57 pm
  • Mercury sextile VenusMar 4 · 5:02 pm
  • Venus square SaturnMar 10 · 5:39 am
  • Sun sextile JupiterMar 21 · 7:49 pm
  • Mercury opposition PlutoMar 24 · 6:46 am
  • Venus square SaturnMar 26 · 4:40 pm
  • Mercury trine NeptuneMar 28 · 1:30 am
  • Mercury trine MarsMar 29 · 7:22 am