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August 1972

Five lunations in a single month; Mercury retrograde ends August 17.

Mars square Neptune

2°29′ Virgo–Sagittarius · August 18, 7:02 pm ET

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This month

  • Last Quarter · TaurusAug 2 · 4:03 am
  • New Moon · LeoAug 9 · 1:26 am
  • First Quarter · ScorpioAug 16 · 9:10 pm
  • Full Moon · PiscesAug 24 · 2:22 pm
  • Last Quarter · GeminiAug 31 · 8:49 am
  • LughnasadhAug 7 · 6:29 am
  • Neptune stations directAug 13 · 11:09 pm
  • Mercury stations directAug 17 · 6:38 pm
  • Jupiter stations directAug 25 · 4:03 am

Mercury retrograde Jul 24 – Aug 17

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

Notable aspects

  • Mars square NeptuneAug 18 · 7:02 pm
  • Mars trine JupiterAug 12 · 8:48 pm
  • Mercury sextile SaturnAug 4 · 5:57 pm
  • Venus square PlutoAug 6 · 3:28 am
  • Sun conjunction Mercury · cazimiAug 7 · 4:02 pm
  • Sun sextile SaturnAug 10 · 2:11 pm
  • Sun trine JupiterAug 21 · 7:59 am
  • Mercury sextile UranusAug 27 · 5:09 am
  • Mercury sextile SaturnAug 29 · 11:32 pm