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August 2023

Five lunations in a single month; Mercury stations retrograde on August 23.

Mars trine Pluto

28°23′ Virgo–Capricorn · August 24, 8:22 pm ET

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This month

  • Full Moon · AquariusAug 1 · 2:32 pm
  • Last Quarter · TaurusAug 8 · 6:29 am
  • New Moon · LeoAug 16 · 5:39 am
  • First Quarter · SagittariusAug 24 · 5:58 am
  • Full Moon · PiscesAug 30 · 9:36 pm
  • LughnasadhAug 7 · 2:23 pm
  • Mercury stations retrogradeAug 23 · 4:00 pm
  • Uranus stations retrogradeAug 28 · 10:09 pm

Mercury retrograde Aug 23 – Sep 15

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

Notable aspects

  • Mars trine PlutoAug 24 · 8:22 pm
  • Mars opposition NeptuneAug 22 · 4:41 pm
  • Mars trine UranusAug 16 · 9:54 am
  • Mars trine JupiterAug 1 · 4:40 pm
  • Sun square JupiterAug 6 · 8:00 pm
  • Venus square UranusAug 9 · 7:04 am
  • Sun conjunction Venus · cazimiAug 13 · 7:14 am
  • Sun square UranusAug 15 · 10:35 pm