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May 2040

A partial solar eclipse in Taurus on May 10 and a total lunar eclipse in Sagittarius on May 26.

Total Lunar Eclipse in Sagittarius

5° Sagittarius · May 26, 7:45 am ET

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This month

  • Last Quarter · AquariusMay 3 · 4:00 pm
  • New Moon · TaurusMay 10 · 11:28 pm
  • First Quarter · LeoMay 19 · 3:01 am
  • Full Moon · SagittariusMay 26 · 7:47 am
  • Partial solar eclipse · 21° TaurusMay 10 · 11:42 pm
  • Total lunar eclipse · 5° SagittariusMay 26 · 7:45 am
  • BeltaneMay 4 · 5:09 pm
  • Jupiter stations directMay 18 · 12:01 am
  • Pluto stations retrogradeMay 27 · 8:36 am

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

Notable aspects

  • Mars square NeptuneMay 10 · 12:59 am
  • Mars conjunction UranusMay 1 · 12:51 pm
  • Mars sextile SaturnMay 13 · 10:54 am
  • Venus conjunction NeptuneMay 1 · 3:37 am
  • Mercury trine JupiterMay 5 · 4:09 pm
  • Mercury square PlutoMay 7 · 11:50 pm
  • Sun trine JupiterMay 11 · 9:10 pm
  • Mercury trine SaturnMay 12 · 6:31 am
  • Sun square PlutoMay 17 · 5:43 am
  • Mercury square JupiterMay 21 · 1:01 pm
  • Mercury trine PlutoMay 25 · 7:30 am
  • Sun conjunction Venus · cazimiMay 30 · 10:26 pm