Sun and Moon Events
January 1/2 - Full Moon Cancer, Supermoon. The first of two full supermoons for 2018.
January 3 - Earth at Perihelion - the closest point to the Sun in its yearly orbit.
January 31 - Full Moon Leo, Supermoon, Blue Moon/2nd Full Moon in January, Total Lunar Eclipse. This is the last full supermoon for 2018. The eclipse will be visible throughout most of western North America, eastern Asia, Australia, and the Pacific Ocean.
February is a Black Moon month. There is no Full Moon in February 2018.
February 13 Mardi Gras (Fat Tuesday)
February 14 Valentines' Day
February 15/16 - New Moon Aquarius, Partial Solar Eclipse, Chinese New Year of the Dog. The partial eclipse will be visible in portions of Chile, Argentina, and Antarctica. Because of the time of the New Moon, the Asian communities may celebrate the day on February 16.
March 20 - March/Aries Equinox
March 31 - Full Moon Libra, Blue Moon/2nd Full Moon in March. This is a rare second full moon in the same month that is particularly unique in that January and March both contain two full moons while February has no full moon.
June 21 - June/Cancer Solstice
July 6 - Earth at Aphelion - the furthest point from the Sun in its yearly orbit.
July 13 - New Moon Capricorn, SuperMoon, Partial Solar Eclipse. The first of two new supermoons for 2018. The partial eclipse will only be seen from extreme southern portions of Australia and Antarctica.
July 27/28 - Full Moon Aquarius, Total Lunar Eclipse. The eclipse will be visible throughout most of Europe, Africa, western and central Asia, the Indian Ocean, and Western Australia.
August 10/11 - New Moon Leo, SuperMoon, Partial Solar Eclipse. The last new supermoon for 2018. This partial eclipse will be visible in parts of northeast Canada, Greenland, extreme northern Europe, and northern and eastern Asia. The best view will be in portions of northern Russia with a maximum of 68% coverage.
September 23 - September/Libra Equinox
September 24/25 - Harvest Full Moon Aries
December 21 - December/Capricorn Solstice
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Supermoon explained)
Major Planets - Retrograde Motion
Mercury
Mar 23, 2018 00:19 Aries Stations for Retrograde Motion
Mercury
Apr 15, 2018 09:21 Aries Stations for Direct Motion
Mars
Jun 26, 2018 21:05 Aquarius Stations for Retrograde Motion
Mercury
Jul 26, 2018 05:02 Leo Stations for Retrograde Motion
Mercury
Aug 19, 2018 04:25 Leo Stations for Direct Motion
Mars
Aug 13, 2018 02:14 Retrogrades back into Capricorn
Mars
Aug 27, 2018 14:05 Capricorn Stations for Direct Motion
Venus
Oct 05, 2018 19:04 Scorpio Stations for Retrograde Motion
Venus
Oct 31, 2018 19:46 Retrogrades back into Libra
Venus
Nov 16, 2018 10:51 Libra Stations for Direct Motion
Mercury
Nov 17, 2018 01:33 Sagittarius Stations for Retrograde Motion
Mercury
Dec 06, 2018 21:21 Scorpio Stations for Direct Motion
Outer Planets Ingress
Chiron
Apr 17, 2018 08:07 Ingress into Aries
Uranus
May 15, 2018 15:16 Ingress into Taurus
Chiron
Sep 25, 2018 00:13 Retrogrades back into Pisces
Jupiter
Nov 08, 2018 12:38 Ingress into Sagittarius
Out of Bounds Declination Transits 2018
Venus
12/22/17 - 01/05/18Mars
03/17/18 - 4/07/18Venus
05/23/18 - 06/08/18Mercury
06/18/18 - 06/21/18Mars
07/08/18 - 09/25/18Mercury
11/02/18 - 11/20/18