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May 1988

Five lunations in a single month; Mercury stations retrograde on May 31.

Mars sextile Uranus

0°09′ Pisces–Capricorn · May 22, 9:32 am ET

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This month

  • Full Moon · ScorpioMay 1 · 7:41 pm
  • Last Quarter · AquariusMay 8 · 9:23 pm
  • New Moon · TaurusMay 15 · 6:11 pm
  • First Quarter · VirgoMay 23 · 12:50 pm
  • Full Moon · SagittariusMay 31 · 6:54 am
  • BeltaneMay 5 · 3:02 am
  • Venus stations retrogradeMay 22 · 9:26 am
  • Mercury stations retrogradeMay 31 · 6:37 pm

Mercury retrograde May 31 – Jun 24

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

Notable aspects

  • Mars sextile UranusMay 22 · 9:32 am
  • Mars sextile SaturnMay 23 · 10:50 pm
  • Sun conjunction JupiterMay 2 · 5:00 pm
  • Venus opposition UranusMay 19 · 5:53 am