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October 1987

A penumbral lunar eclipse in Aries on October 7; Mercury stations retrograde on October 16.

Penumbral Lunar Eclipse in Aries

13° Aries · October 7, 12:01 am ET

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This month

  • Full Moon · AriesOct 7 · 12:13 am
  • Last Quarter · CancerOct 14 · 2:06 pm
  • New Moon · LibraOct 22 · 1:29 pm
  • First Quarter · AquariusOct 29 · 12:11 pm
  • Penumbral lunar eclipse · 13° AriesOct 7 · 12:01 am
  • Mercury stations retrogradeOct 16 · 12:50 pm

Mercury retrograde Oct 16 – Nov 6

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

Notable aspects

  • Mars square NeptuneOct 17 · 3:46 am
  • Jupiter trine UranusOct 24 · 9:29 am
  • Mercury sextile NeptuneOct 3 · 8:45 am
  • Venus sextile UranusOct 5 · 5:40 am
  • Venus sextile NeptuneOct 15 · 1:43 am
  • Venus conjunction PlutoOct 18 · 3:41 am
  • Mercury conjunction VenusOct 20 · 11:17 am
  • Mercury sextile NeptuneOct 27 · 2:18 am
  • Sun conjunction Mercury · cazimiOct 28 · 2:51 am