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March 1998

A penumbral lunar eclipse in Virgo on March 12; the spring equinox falls on March 20; Mercury stations retrograde on March 27.

Penumbral Lunar Eclipse in Virgo

22° Virgo · March 12, 11:20 pm ET

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This month

  • First Quarter · GeminiMar 5 · 3:42 am
  • Full Moon · VirgoMar 12 · 11:35 pm
  • Last Quarter · CapricornMar 21 · 2:39 am
  • New Moon · AriesMar 27 · 10:14 pm
  • Penumbral lunar eclipse · 22° VirgoMar 12 · 11:20 pm
  • Spring EquinoxMar 20 · 2:54 pm
  • Pluto stations retrogradeMar 10 · 11:59 pm
  • Mercury stations retrogradeMar 27 · 2:45 pm

Mercury retrograde Mar 27 – Apr 20

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

Notable aspects

  • Jupiter square PlutoMar 9 · 8:36 pm
  • Mars trine PlutoMar 14 · 9:48 pm
  • Mars sextile NeptuneMar 6 · 1:49 am
  • Mars sextile UranusMar 19 · 5:00 am
  • Mercury sextile VenusMar 11 · 12:57 am
  • Venus sextile PlutoMar 14 · 8:58 am
  • Venus conjunction UranusMar 18 · 12:06 am
  • Sun sextile NeptuneMar 22 · 7:11 am
  • Mercury conjunction SaturnMar 24 · 11:02 am
  • Sun trine PlutoMar 28 · 3:58 pm
  • Mercury conjunction MarsMar 31 · 9:39 am