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May 2069

A total lunar eclipse in Scorpio on May 6 and a partial solar eclipse in Gemini on May 20; Mercury retrograde ends May 15.

Total Lunar Eclipse in Scorpio

16° Scorpio · May 6, 5:08 am ET

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This month

  • Full Moon · ScorpioMay 6 · 5:12 am
  • Last Quarter · AquariusMay 13 · 11:10 pm
  • New Moon · GeminiMay 20 · 2:06 pm
  • First Quarter · VirgoMay 27 · 4:09 pm
  • Total lunar eclipse · 16° ScorpioMay 6 · 5:08 am
  • Partial solar eclipse · 0° GeminiMay 20 · 1:51 pm
  • BeltaneMay 4 · 5:14 pm
  • Mercury stations directMay 15 · 5:42 am

Mercury retrograde Apr 21 – May 15

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

Notable aspects

  • Mars square UranusMay 12 · 3:31 pm
  • Jupiter square UranusMay 16 · 9:05 am
  • Mars opposition SaturnMay 28 · 8:20 pm
  • Mars conjunction JupiterMay 11 · 9:34 am
  • Sun conjunction Mercury · cazimiMay 2 · 2:05 am
  • Mercury sextile MarsMay 3 · 3:54 pm
  • Venus sextile PlutoMay 7 · 10:56 pm
  • Sun sextile PlutoMay 23 · 11:30 am