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May 1985

A total lunar eclipse in Scorpio on May 4 and a partial solar eclipse in Taurus on May 19.

Total Lunar Eclipse in Scorpio

14° Scorpio · May 4, 3:56 pm ET

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This month

  • Full Moon · ScorpioMay 4 · 3:53 pm
  • Last Quarter · AquariusMay 11 · 1:34 pm
  • New Moon · TaurusMay 19 · 5:42 pm
  • First Quarter · VirgoMay 27 · 8:56 am
  • Total lunar eclipse · 14° ScorpioMay 4 · 3:56 pm
  • Partial solar eclipse · 28° TaurusMay 19 · 5:29 pm
  • BeltaneMay 5 · 9:43 am

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

Notable aspects

  • Mars opposition UranusMay 20 · 11:40 am
  • Jupiter sextile UranusMay 21 · 11:04 am
  • Mars trine JupiterMay 20 · 8:31 am
  • Mercury sextile JupiterMay 2 · 6:32 am
  • Sun square JupiterMay 6 · 12:30 am
  • Mercury opposition PlutoMay 15 · 5:23 pm
  • Mercury trine NeptuneMay 16 · 12:01 am
  • Mercury square JupiterMay 23 · 10:05 pm
  • Venus sextile MarsMay 25 · 8:52 am