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August 1970

A partial lunar eclipse in Aquarius on August 16 and a annular solar eclipse in Virgo on August 31; Mercury stations retrograde on August 30.

Annular Solar Eclipse in Virgo

8° Virgo · August 31, 5:55 pm ET

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This month

  • New Moon · LeoAug 2 · 1:59 am
  • First Quarter · ScorpioAug 10 · 4:51 am
  • Full Moon · AquariusAug 16 · 11:16 pm
  • Last Quarter · GeminiAug 23 · 4:35 pm
  • New Moon · VirgoAug 31 · 6:02 pm
  • Partial lunar eclipse · 23° AquariusAug 16 · 11:23 pm
  • Annular solar eclipse · 8° VirgoAug 31 · 5:55 pm
  • LughnasadhAug 7 · 6:54 pm
  • Neptune stations directAug 9 · 9:55 pm
  • Mercury stations retrogradeAug 30 · 3:27 am

Mercury retrograde Aug 30 – Sep 21

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

Notable aspects

  • Mars square NeptuneAug 31 · 6:32 am
  • Mars square SaturnAug 22 · 4:56 am
  • Venus conjunction PlutoAug 4 · 4:43 am
  • Venus sextile NeptuneAug 6 · 12:18 pm
  • Venus conjunction UranusAug 14 · 3:34 am
  • Mercury trine SaturnAug 18 · 7:09 am
  • Sun square NeptuneAug 21 · 11:33 am
  • Sun sextile JupiterAug 24 · 7:05 pm