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October 1976

A total solar eclipse in Libra on October 23; Mercury retrograde ends October 1.

Total Solar Eclipse in Libra

29° Libra · October 23, 1:13 am ET

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This month

  • Full Moon · AriesOct 8 · 12:56 am
  • Last Quarter · CancerOct 16 · 4:59 am
  • New Moon · LibraOct 23 · 1:10 am
  • First Quarter · AquariusOct 29 · 6:06 pm
  • Total solar eclipse · 29° LibraOct 23 · 1:13 am
  • Mercury stations directOct 1 · 12:02 am

Mercury retrograde Sep 8 – Oct 1

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

Notable aspects

  • Neptune sextile PlutoOct 9 · 7:27 pm
  • Mars conjunction UranusOct 18 · 1:31 pm
  • Sun conjunction PlutoOct 4 · 1:07 pm
  • Sun sextile SaturnOct 7 · 1:39 pm
  • Mercury conjunction PlutoOct 18 · 10:18 am
  • Venus sextile PlutoOct 30 · 9:52 pm