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August 1998

A penumbral lunar eclipse in Aquarius on August 7 and a annular solar eclipse in Leo on August 21; Mercury retrograde ends August 23.

Annular Solar Eclipse in Leo

28° Leo · August 21, 10:06 pm ET

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This month

  • Full Moon · AquariusAug 7 · 10:10 pm
  • Last Quarter · TaurusAug 14 · 3:49 pm
  • New Moon · LeoAug 21 · 10:04 pm
  • First Quarter · SagittariusAug 30 · 1:07 am
  • Penumbral lunar eclipse · 15° AquariusAug 7 · 10:25 pm
  • Annular solar eclipse · 28° LeoAug 21 · 10:06 pm
  • LughnasadhAug 7 · 1:20 pm
  • Saturn stations retrogradeAug 15 · 3:07 pm
  • Pluto stations directAug 16 · 2:13 am
  • Mercury stations directAug 23 · 6:33 pm

Mercury retrograde Jul 30 – Aug 23

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

Notable aspects

  • Mars trine PlutoAug 28 · 10:59 pm
  • Mars opposition NeptuneAug 20 · 5:10 pm
  • Mars square SaturnAug 26 · 3:05 am
  • Mars trine JupiterAug 15 · 2:33 pm
  • Sun opposition UranusAug 3 · 3:08 am
  • Venus conjunction MarsAug 4 · 5:30 pm
  • Venus trine JupiterAug 10 · 8:58 pm
  • Sun conjunction Mercury · cazimiAug 13 · 7:49 pm
  • Venus trine PlutoAug 17 · 1:21 pm
  • Sun square PlutoAug 28 · 4:48 pm