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August 1978

A full moon in Aquarius on August 18 and a new moon in Leo on August 3; Mercury is retrograde Aug 4 through Aug 28.

Mars conjunction Pluto

15°00′ Libra–Libra · August 27, 10:41 pm ET

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This month

  • New Moon · LeoAug 3 · 9:01 pm
  • First Quarter · ScorpioAug 11 · 4:07 pm
  • Full Moon · AquariusAug 18 · 6:15 am
  • Last Quarter · GeminiAug 25 · 8:18 am
  • LughnasadhAug 7 · 5:17 pm
  • Mercury stations retrogradeAug 4 · 7:10 pm
  • Neptune stations directAug 27 · 8:20 pm
  • Mercury stations directAug 28 · 11:35 am

Mercury retrograde Aug 4 – Aug 28

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

Notable aspects

  • Mars conjunction PlutoAug 27 · 10:41 pm
  • Mars sextile NeptuneAug 28 · 6:34 pm
  • Venus sextile JupiterAug 1 · 5:54 am
  • Sun square UranusAug 5 · 12:25 am
  • Sun trine NeptuneAug 8 · 9:23 am
  • Mercury conjunction SaturnAug 10 · 1:29 am
  • Venus conjunction PlutoAug 22 · 4:52 am