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April 1996

A total lunar eclipse in Libra on April 3 and a partial solar eclipse in Aries on April 17.

Total Lunar Eclipse in Libra

14° Libra · April 3, 7:10 pm ET

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This month

  • Full Moon · LibraApr 3 · 7:08 pm
  • Last Quarter · CapricornApr 10 · 7:36 pm
  • New Moon · AriesApr 17 · 6:49 pm
  • First Quarter · LeoApr 25 · 4:41 pm
  • Total lunar eclipse · 14° LibraApr 3 · 7:10 pm
  • Partial solar eclipse · 28° AriesApr 17 · 6:37 pm
  • Neptune stations retrogradeApr 29 · 5:41 am

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

Notable aspects

  • Saturn trine PlutoApr 27 · 10:57 pm
  • Mars square NeptuneApr 29 · 2:44 pm
  • Mars square JupiterApr 15 · 2:29 pm
  • Mercury square JupiterApr 1 · 1:08 am
  • Venus sextile SaturnApr 2 · 9:36 pm
  • Sun square JupiterApr 5 · 4:59 pm
  • Venus opposition PlutoApr 6 · 10:10 am
  • Sun square UranusApr 24 · 5:48 am