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August 2016

A full moon in Aquarius on August 18 and a new moon in Leo on August 2; Mercury stations retrograde on August 30.

Mars square Neptune

10°50′ Sagittarius–Pisces · August 26, 3:06 am ET

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This month

  • New Moon · LeoAug 2 · 4:45 pm
  • First Quarter · ScorpioAug 10 · 2:22 pm
  • Full Moon · AquariusAug 18 · 5:27 am
  • Last Quarter · GeminiAug 24 · 11:41 pm
  • LughnasadhAug 6 · 9:53 pm
  • Saturn stations directAug 13 · 5:39 am
  • Mercury stations retrogradeAug 30 · 9:03 am

Mercury retrograde Aug 30 – Sep 22

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

Notable aspects

  • Mars square NeptuneAug 26 · 3:06 am
  • Mars conjunction SaturnAug 24 · 7:25 am
  • Venus trine UranusAug 1 · 12:10 am
  • Mercury square SaturnAug 6 · 9:18 am
  • Mercury opposition NeptuneAug 7 · 12:29 pm
  • Venus opposition NeptuneAug 14 · 1:09 pm
  • Sun trine UranusAug 16 · 4:25 pm
  • Venus trine PlutoAug 17 · 10:18 pm
  • Venus conjunction JupiterAug 27 · 6:31 pm