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March 2016

A total solar eclipse in Pisces on March 8 and a penumbral lunar eclipse in Libra on March 23; the spring equinox falls on March 20.

Total Solar Eclipse in Pisces

18° Pisces · March 8, 8:57 pm ET

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This month

  • Last Quarter · SagittariusMar 1 · 6:11 pm
  • New Moon · PiscesMar 8 · 8:55 pm
  • First Quarter · GeminiMar 15 · 1:04 pm
  • Full Moon · LibraMar 23 · 8:02 am
  • Last Quarter · CapricornMar 31 · 11:18 am
  • Total solar eclipse · 18° PiscesMar 8 · 8:57 pm
  • Penumbral lunar eclipse · 3° LibraMar 23 · 7:47 am
  • Spring EquinoxMar 20 · 12:30 am
  • Saturn stations retrogradeMar 25 · 6:02 am

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

Notable aspects

  • Jupiter trine PlutoMar 16 · 4:28 pm
  • Jupiter square SaturnMar 23 · 6:37 am
  • Venus sextile UranusMar 2 · 8:13 pm
  • Sun sextile PlutoMar 6 · 11:40 pm
  • Mercury conjunction NeptuneMar 11 · 1:05 am
  • Mercury square SaturnMar 14 · 3:26 pm
  • Mercury trine MarsMar 24 · 6:46 pm
  • Venus sextile PlutoMar 26 · 7:11 am
  • Mercury trine SaturnMar 29 · 11:03 pm
  • Mercury square PlutoMar 30 · 10:54 am