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March 2006

A penumbral lunar eclipse in Virgo on March 14 and a total solar eclipse in Aries on March 29; the spring equinox falls on March 20; Mercury is retrograde Mar 2 through Mar 25.

Total Solar Eclipse in Aries

8° Aries · March 29, 5:11 am ET

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This month

  • First Quarter · GeminiMar 6 · 3:17 pm
  • Full Moon · VirgoMar 14 · 6:36 pm
  • Last Quarter · CapricornMar 22 · 2:11 pm
  • New Moon · AriesMar 29 · 5:16 am
  • Penumbral lunar eclipse · 24° VirgoMar 14 · 6:48 pm
  • Total solar eclipse · 8° AriesMar 29 · 5:11 am
  • Spring EquinoxMar 20 · 1:25 pm
  • Mercury stations retrogradeMar 2 · 3:29 pm
  • Jupiter stations retrogradeMar 4 · 12:55 pm
  • Mercury stations directMar 25 · 8:42 am
  • Pluto stations retrogradeMar 29 · 7:50 am

Mercury retrograde Mar 2 – Mar 25

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

Notable aspects

  • Jupiter square NeptuneMar 16 · 12:01 am
  • Mars trine NeptuneMar 25 · 9:05 am
  • Mars square UranusMar 11 · 11:48 am
  • Sun conjunction UranusMar 1 · 6:01 am
  • Sun trine JupiterMar 9 · 8:12 am
  • Sun conjunction Mercury · cazimiMar 11 · 9:44 pm
  • Sun square PlutoMar 17 · 6:07 am
  • Mercury square MarsMar 18 · 8:09 pm
  • Venus conjunction NeptuneMar 26 · 1:34 am