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May 2009

Five lunations in a single month; Mercury is retrograde May 7 through May 30.

Mars sextile Neptune

26°29′ Aries–Aquarius · May 27, 12:46 am ET

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This month

  • First Quarter · LeoMay 1 · 4:45 pm
  • Full Moon · ScorpioMay 9 · 12:02 am
  • Last Quarter · AquariusMay 17 · 3:27 am
  • New Moon · GeminiMay 24 · 8:12 am
  • First Quarter · VirgoMay 30 · 11:23 pm
  • BeltaneMay 5 · 4:51 am
  • Mercury stations retrogradeMay 7 · 1:09 am
  • Saturn stations directMay 16 · 10:07 pm
  • Neptune stations retrogradeMay 29 · 12:48 am
  • Mercury stations directMay 30 · 9:16 pm

Mercury retrograde May 7 – May 30

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

Notable aspects

  • Mars sextile NeptuneMay 27 · 12:46 am
  • Jupiter conjunction NeptuneMay 27 · 6:50 pm
  • Mars sextile JupiterMay 26 · 11:16 pm
  • Venus square PlutoMay 2 · 1:06 pm
  • Sun trine SaturnMay 5 · 5:32 am
  • Sun conjunction Mercury · cazimiMay 18 · 6:03 am
  • Mercury sextile UranusMay 21 · 2:50 am