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August 1971

A total lunar eclipse in Aquarius on August 6 and a partial solar eclipse in Leo on August 20; Mercury stations retrograde on August 12.

Total Lunar Eclipse in Aquarius

13° Aquarius · August 6, 3:43 pm ET

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This month

  • Full Moon · AquariusAug 6 · 3:43 pm
  • Last Quarter · TaurusAug 13 · 6:56 am
  • New Moon · LeoAug 20 · 6:54 pm
  • First Quarter · SagittariusAug 28 · 10:57 pm
  • Total lunar eclipse · 13° AquariusAug 6 · 3:43 pm
  • Partial solar eclipse · 27° LeoAug 20 · 6:39 pm
  • LughnasadhAug 8 · 12:40 am
  • Neptune stations directAug 12 · 11:34 am
  • Mercury stations retrogradeAug 12 · 3:17 pm

Mercury retrograde Aug 12 – Sep 5

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Notable aspects

  • Jupiter sextile PlutoAug 31 · 8:01 pm
  • Sun sextile UranusAug 3 · 4:34 am
  • Venus sextile SaturnAug 4 · 1:00 am
  • Venus sextile UranusAug 8 · 7:42 pm
  • Sun opposition MarsAug 10 · 2:52 am
  • Sun square JupiterAug 21 · 6:50 am
  • Mercury square SaturnAug 22 · 9:49 pm
  • Sun conjunction Mercury · cazimiAug 26 · 11:02 am
  • Sun conjunction Venus · cazimiAug 27 · 2:54 pm
  • Sun square SaturnAug 30 · 12:41 am