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October 2040

A full moon in Aries on October 20 and a new moon in Libra on October 6; Mercury is retrograde Oct 9 through Oct 30.

Mars opposition Neptune

5°00′ Scorpio–Taurus · October 6, 5:23 pm ET

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This month

  • New Moon · LibraOct 6 · 1:26 am
  • First Quarter · CapricornOct 13 · 4:42 am
  • Full Moon · AriesOct 20 · 12:50 am
  • Last Quarter · LeoOct 27 · 8:27 pm
  • Mercury stations retrogradeOct 9 · 8:06 am
  • Mercury stations directOct 30 · 5:03 am

Mercury retrograde Oct 9 – Oct 30

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

Notable aspects

  • Mars opposition NeptuneOct 6 · 5:23 pm
  • Mars square UranusOct 10 · 11:54 am
  • Jupiter conjunction SaturnOct 31 · 7:54 am
  • Mercury opposition NeptuneOct 2 · 11:48 am
  • Sun conjunction JupiterOct 4 · 4:24 pm
  • Sun conjunction SaturnOct 7 · 1:27 pm
  • Venus square PlutoOct 12 · 12:32 pm
  • Mercury opposition NeptuneOct 15 · 7:10 pm
  • Sun trine PlutoOct 17 · 12:31 pm
  • Sun conjunction Mercury · cazimiOct 21 · 6:15 am
  • Venus trine UranusOct 23 · 5:50 am
  • Mercury trine PlutoOct 24 · 12:25 pm