Skip to main content

First Quarter Moon in Taurus

3°45′ Taurus · 8:59 am ET

First Quarter in Taurus · 51% lit · enters Taurus 2:32 am ET

Daily WeatherTaurus · waxing 51%

Thursday, January 24, 1980

♈︎♉︎♊︎♋︎♌︎♍︎♎︎♏︎♐︎♑︎♒︎♓︎☉︎☽︎☿︎♀︎♂︎℞︎♃︎℞︎♄︎℞︎♅︎♆︎♇︎℞︎

Moon in Taurus · waxing 51% · Mars ℞ in Virgo · four planets retrograde

10:39 am ET · 21°47′ Libra

Pluto stations retrograde

From Earth's vantage the planet stands still at 21°47′ Libra, opening a retrograde that runs until June 28.

  • 2:32 am ETMoon enters Taurus
  • 8:59 am ETFirst Quarter Moon · 3°45′ Taurus
  • applying♆ ⚹ ♇exact Sat 3:18 pm ET
  • applying♀ ☍ ♂exact Sun 7:38 pm ET
  • separating♀ ☍ ♃exact Wed 8:05 am ET

A day of turning — you may notice long-running questions asking to be revisited rather than resolved.

Computed · times ETtoday's sky →

Positions

  • Sun3°51′ Aquarius
  • Moon5°12′ Taurus
  • Mercury6°05′ Aquarius
  • Venus10°24′ Pisces
  • Mars℞︎14°53′ Virgo
  • Jupiter℞︎8°55′ Virgo
  • Saturn℞︎26°44′ Virgo
  • Uranus25°00′ Scorpio
  • Neptune21°43′ Sagittarius
  • Pluto℞︎21°47′ Libra
  • North Node29°34′ Leo

Mars, Jupiter, Saturn & Pluto retrograde

Active aspects

  • Neptune sextile Pluto0.1° orb
  • Moon square Mercury0.9° orb
  • Sun square Moon1.4° orb
  • Venus opposition Jupiter1.5° orb
  • Saturn sextile Uranus1.7° orb
  • Sun conjunction Mercury2.2° orb
  • Moon trine Jupiter3.7° orb
  • Venus opposition Mars4.5° orb

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