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May 1969

Five lunations in a single month; Mercury stations retrograde on May 17.

Full Moon in Scorpio

11°38′ Scorpio · May 2, 1:14 am ET

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This month

  • Full Moon · ScorpioMay 2 · 1:14 am
  • Last Quarter · AquariusMay 8 · 4:12 pm
  • New Moon · TaurusMay 16 · 4:27 am
  • First Quarter · VirgoMay 24 · 8:16 am
  • Full Moon · SagittariusMay 31 · 9:19 am
  • BeltaneMay 5 · 12:50 pm
  • Mercury stations retrogradeMay 17 · 3:06 pm
  • Jupiter stations directMay 23 · 4:22 am

Mercury retrograde May 17 – Jun 10

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

Notable aspects

  • Sun trine PlutoMay 13 · 7:25 am
  • Venus trine MarsMay 15 · 6:16 am
  • Sun opposition NeptuneMay 18 · 7:29 am
  • Sun conjunction Mercury · cazimiMay 29 · 5:51 am