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August 2012

Five lunations in a single month; Mercury retrograde ends August 8.

Mars trine Neptune

1°42′ Scorpio–Pisces · August 26, 3:03 am ET

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This month

  • Full Moon · AquariusAug 1 · 11:28 pm
  • Last Quarter · TaurusAug 9 · 2:56 pm
  • New Moon · LeoAug 17 · 11:55 am
  • First Quarter · SagittariusAug 24 · 9:54 am
  • Full Moon · PiscesAug 31 · 9:59 am
  • LughnasadhAug 6 · 10:30 pm
  • Mercury stations directAug 8 · 1:45 am

Mercury retrograde Jul 14 – Aug 8

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

Notable aspects

  • Mars trine NeptuneAug 26 · 3:03 am
  • Mars conjunction SaturnAug 15 · 6:35 am
  • Sun sextile JupiterAug 2 · 5:57 am
  • Venus opposition PlutoAug 15 · 5:10 am
  • Venus square UranusAug 16 · 2:46 am
  • Mercury trine UranusAug 18 · 7:27 pm
  • Sun sextile MarsAug 20 · 5:46 pm
  • Sun trine PlutoAug 29 · 8:21 pm