Sky Calendar

Astrology Calendar 1979

Every sign change, retrograde, eclipse and New and Full Moon of the year, solved to the minute.

Quick Answer

In 1979, Mercury is retrograde 3 times (Mar 15 to Apr 7; Jul 17 to Aug 11; Nov 9 to Nov 29). There are 4 eclipses: Total Solar Eclipse on February 26, 1979 in Pisces; Partial Lunar Eclipse on March 13, 1979 in Virgo; Annular Solar Eclipse on August 22, 1979 in Leo; Total Lunar Eclipse on September 6, 1979 in Pisces. All dates are in UTC.

Equinoxes and Solstices 1979

Date	Event	Detail
Mar 21, 1979, 05:21 UTC	March Equinox	The Sun enters Aries
Jun 21, 1979, 23:56 UTC	June Solstice	The Sun enters Cancer
Sep 23, 1979, 15:16 UTC	September Equinox	The Sun enters Libra
Dec 22, 1979, 11:09 UTC	December Solstice	The Sun enters Capricorn

Eclipses 1979

Global eclipse peaks. Visibility depends on location.

Date	Event	Detail
Feb 26, 1979, 16:54 UTC	Total Solar Eclipse in Pisces	7°29' Pisces
Mar 13, 1979, 21:08 UTC	Partial Lunar Eclipse in Virgo	22°38' Virgo
Aug 22, 1979, 17:21 UTC	Annular Solar Eclipse in Leo	29°01' Leo
Sep 6, 1979, 10:54 UTC	Total Lunar Eclipse in Pisces	13°12' Pisces

Retrogrades 1979

Every retrograde period that overlaps 1979, with station degrees and shadow periods.

Planet	Stations Retrograde	Stations Direct	Signs	Shadow Period
Jupiter	Nov 25, 1978, 20:26 UTC 9°03' Leo	Mar 26, 1979, 00:54 UTC 29°00' Cancer	Leo, Cancer	Aug 31, 1978 to Jun 22, 1979
Saturn	Dec 24, 1978, 21:11 UTC 13°56' Virgo	May 9, 1979, 14:52 UTC 7°04' Virgo	Virgo	Sep 21, 1978 to Aug 14, 1979
Pluto	Jan 21, 1979, 21:05 UTC 19°13' Libra	Jun 27, 1979, 01:09 UTC 16°25' Libra	Libra	Oct 5, 1978 to Oct 15, 1979
Uranus	Feb 24, 1979, 11:40 UTC 21°00' Scorpio	Jul 26, 1979, 11:03 UTC 16°55' Scorpio	Scorpio	Nov 12, 1978 to Nov 9, 1979
Mercury	Mar 15, 1979, 01:19 UTC 8°31' Aries	Apr 7, 1979, 05:21 UTC 25°43' Pisces	Aries, Pisces	Mar 1, 1979 to Apr 26, 1979
Neptune	Mar 23, 1979, 07:10 UTC 20°29' Sagittarius	Aug 30, 1979, 10:44 UTC 17°43' Sagittarius	Sagittarius	Dec 2, 1978 to Dec 20, 1979
Mercury	Jul 17, 1979, 22:35 UTC 14°27' Leo	Aug 11, 1979, 01:35 UTC 3°09' Leo	Leo	Jun 30, 1979 to Aug 25, 1979
Mercury	Nov 9, 1979, 13:48 UTC 5°48' Sagittarius	Nov 29, 1979, 12:43 UTC 19°39' Scorpio	Sagittarius, Scorpio	Oct 21, 1979 to Dec 16, 1979
Jupiter	Dec 26, 1979, 14:57 UTC 10°14' Virgo	Apr 26, 1980, 08:48 UTC 0°14' Virgo	Virgo	Sep 30, 1979 to Jul 24, 1980

Zodiac Season Dates 1979

When the Sun enters each sign.

Sign	Begins
Aquarius season	Jan 20, 1979, 15:59 UTC
Pisces season	Feb 19, 1979, 06:13 UTC
Aries season	Mar 21, 1979, 05:21 UTC
Taurus season	Apr 20, 1979, 16:35 UTC
Gemini season	May 21, 1979, 15:54 UTC
Cancer season	Jun 21, 1979, 23:56 UTC
Leo season	Jul 23, 1979, 10:49 UTC
Virgo season	Aug 23, 1979, 17:47 UTC
Libra season	Sep 23, 1979, 15:16 UTC
Scorpio season	Oct 24, 1979, 00:28 UTC
Sagittarius season	Nov 22, 1979, 21:54 UTC
Capricorn season	Dec 22, 1979, 11:09 UTC

Month by Month 1979

New and Full Moons, eclipses, stations, planetary ingresses and the exact aspects between Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto.

January 1979

Date	Event	Detail
Jan 7, 06:36 UTC	Venus enters Sagittarius	Leaves Scorpio
Jan 8, 22:32 UTC	Mercury enters Capricorn	Leaves Sagittarius
Jan 11, 13:27 UTC	Neptune sextile Pluto	Exact sextile
Jan 13, 07:09 UTC	Full Moon in Cancer	22°30' Cancer
Jan 20, 15:59 UTC	The Sun enters Aquarius	Leaves Capricorn
Jan 20, 17:06 UTC	Mars enters Aquarius	Leaves Capricorn
Jan 21, 21:05 UTC	Pluto stations retrograde	19°13' Libra
Jan 28, 06:20 UTC	New Moon in Aquarius	7°44' Aquarius
Jan 28, 12:48 UTC	Mercury enters Aquarius	Leaves Capricorn

February 1979

Date	Event	Detail
Feb 5, 09:14 UTC	Venus enters Capricorn	Leaves Sagittarius
Feb 12, 02:40 UTC	Full Moon in Leo	22°47' Leo
Feb 14, 20:37 UTC	Mercury enters Pisces	Leaves Aquarius
Feb 19, 06:13 UTC	The Sun enters Pisces	Leaves Aquarius
Feb 24, 11:40 UTC	Uranus stations retrograde	21°00' Scorpio
Feb 26, 16:54 UTC	Total Solar Eclipse in Pisces	7°29' Pisces
Feb 27, 20:24 UTC	Mars enters Pisces	Leaves Aquarius
Feb 28, 23:05 UTC	Jupiter re-enters Cancer (retrograde)	Leaves Leo

March 1979

Date	Event	Detail
Mar 3, 17:18 UTC	Venus enters Aquarius	Leaves Capricorn
Mar 3, 21:30 UTC	Mercury enters Aries	Leaves Pisces
Mar 13, 21:08 UTC	Partial Lunar Eclipse in Virgo	22°38' Virgo
Mar 15, 01:19 UTC	Mercury stations retrograde	8°31' Aries
Mar 21, 05:21 UTC	The Sun enters Aries	March Equinox
Mar 23, 07:10 UTC	Neptune stations retrograde	20°29' Sagittarius
Mar 26, 00:54 UTC	Jupiter stations direct	29°00' Cancer
Mar 28, 03:00 UTC	New Moon in Aries	6°50' Aries
Mar 28, 10:37 UTC	Mercury re-enters Pisces (retrograde)	Leaves Aries
Mar 29, 03:17 UTC	Venus enters Pisces	Leaves Aquarius

April 1979

Date	Event	Detail
Apr 7, 01:08 UTC	Mars enters Aries	Leaves Pisces
Apr 7, 05:21 UTC	Mercury stations direct	25°43' Pisces
Apr 12, 13:15 UTC	Full Moon in Libra	22°02' Libra
Apr 17, 12:49 UTC	Mercury enters Aries	Leaves Pisces
Apr 20, 08:54 UTC	Jupiter enters Leo	Leaves Cancer
Apr 20, 16:35 UTC	The Sun enters Taurus	Leaves Aries
Apr 23, 04:02 UTC	Venus enters Aries	Leaves Pisces
Apr 26, 13:15 UTC	New Moon in Taurus	5°43' Taurus

May 1979

Date	Event	Detail
May 9, 14:52 UTC	Saturn stations direct	7°04' Virgo
May 10, 22:02 UTC	Mercury enters Taurus	Leaves Aries
May 12, 02:01 UTC	Full Moon in Scorpio	20°46' Scorpio
May 16, 04:24 UTC	Mars enters Taurus	Leaves Aries
May 18, 00:29 UTC	Venus enters Taurus	Leaves Aries
May 21, 15:54 UTC	The Sun enters Gemini	Leaves Taurus
May 26, 00:01 UTC	New Moon in Gemini	4°10' Gemini
May 26, 07:43 UTC	Mercury enters Gemini	Leaves Taurus

June 1979

Date	Event	Detail
Jun 9, 06:31 UTC	Mercury enters Cancer	Leaves Gemini
Jun 10, 11:55 UTC	Full Moon in Sagittarius	19°01' Sagittarius
Jun 11, 18:13 UTC	Venus enters Gemini	Leaves Taurus
Jun 21, 23:56 UTC	The Sun enters Cancer	June Solstice
Jun 24, 11:58 UTC	New Moon in Cancer	2°23' Cancer
Jun 26, 01:54 UTC	Mars enters Gemini	Leaves Taurus
Jun 27, 01:09 UTC	Pluto stations direct	16°25' Libra
Jun 27, 09:50 UTC	Mercury enters Leo	Leaves Cancer

July 1979

Date	Event	Detail
Jul 6, 09:02 UTC	Venus enters Cancer	Leaves Gemini
Jul 9, 19:59 UTC	Full Moon in Capricorn	17°00' Capricorn
Jul 17, 22:35 UTC	Mercury stations retrograde	14°27' Leo
Jul 23, 10:49 UTC	The Sun enters Leo	Leaves Cancer
Jul 24, 01:41 UTC	New Moon in Leo	0°35' Leo
Jul 26, 11:03 UTC	Uranus stations direct	16°55' Scorpio
Jul 29, 04:14 UTC	Jupiter sextile Pluto	Exact sextile
Jul 30, 04:00 UTC	Jupiter square Uranus	Exact square
Jul 30, 20:06 UTC	Venus enters Leo	Leaves Cancer

August 1979

Date	Event	Detail
Aug 3, 16:08 UTC	Jupiter trine Neptune	Exact trine
Aug 8, 03:21 UTC	Full Moon in Aquarius	15°00' Aquarius
Aug 8, 13:28 UTC	Mars enters Cancer	Leaves Gemini
Aug 11, 01:35 UTC	Mercury stations direct	3°09' Leo
Aug 22, 17:21 UTC	Annular Solar Eclipse in Leo	29°01' Leo
Aug 23, 17:47 UTC	The Sun enters Virgo	Leaves Leo
Aug 24, 03:15 UTC	Venus enters Virgo	Leaves Leo
Aug 30, 10:44 UTC	Neptune stations direct	17°43' Sagittarius

September 1979

Date	Event	Detail
Sep 2, 21:37 UTC	Mercury enters Virgo	Leaves Leo
Sep 5, 18:59 UTC	Neptune sextile Pluto	Exact sextile
Sep 6, 10:54 UTC	Total Lunar Eclipse in Pisces	13°12' Pisces
Sep 14, 19:27 UTC	Saturn square Neptune	Exact square
Sep 17, 05:13 UTC	Saturn sextile Uranus	Exact sextile
Sep 17, 07:21 UTC	Venus enters Libra	Leaves Virgo
Sep 18, 18:58 UTC	Mercury enters Libra	Leaves Virgo
Sep 21, 09:47 UTC	New Moon in Virgo	27°49' Virgo
Sep 23, 15:16 UTC	The Sun enters Libra	September Equinox
Sep 24, 21:20 UTC	Mars enters Leo	Leaves Cancer
Sep 29, 10:25 UTC	Jupiter enters Virgo	Leaves Leo

October 1979

Date	Event	Detail
Oct 5, 19:35 UTC	Full Moon in Aries	11°58' Aries
Oct 7, 03:54 UTC	Mercury enters Scorpio	Leaves Libra
Oct 11, 09:48 UTC	Venus enters Scorpio	Leaves Libra
Oct 21, 02:23 UTC	New Moon in Libra	27°05' Libra
Oct 24, 00:28 UTC	The Sun enters Scorpio	Leaves Libra
Oct 30, 07:06 UTC	Mercury enters Sagittarius	Leaves Scorpio

November 1979

Date	Event	Detail
Nov 4, 05:47 UTC	Full Moon in Taurus	11°12' Taurus
Nov 4, 11:49 UTC	Venus enters Sagittarius	Leaves Scorpio
Nov 9, 13:48 UTC	Mercury stations retrograde	5°48' Sagittarius
Nov 18, 03:06 UTC	Mercury re-enters Scorpio (retrograde)	Leaves Sagittarius
Nov 19, 18:04 UTC	New Moon in Scorpio	26°48' Scorpio
Nov 19, 21:35 UTC	Mars enters Virgo	Leaves Leo
Nov 22, 21:54 UTC	The Sun enters Sagittarius	Leaves Scorpio
Nov 28, 14:19 UTC	Venus enters Capricorn	Leaves Sagittarius
Nov 29, 12:43 UTC	Mercury stations direct	19°39' Scorpio

December 1979

Date	Event	Detail
Dec 3, 18:08 UTC	Full Moon in Gemini	10°58' Gemini
Dec 12, 13:34 UTC	Mercury enters Sagittarius	Leaves Scorpio
Dec 19, 08:24 UTC	New Moon in Sagittarius	26°49' Sagittarius
Dec 22, 11:09 UTC	The Sun enters Capricorn	December Solstice
Dec 22, 18:34 UTC	Venus enters Aquarius	Leaves Capricorn
Dec 26, 14:57 UTC	Jupiter stations retrograde	10°14' Virgo

Planetary Positions for Every Day of 1979

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Questions About 1979

What Are the Key Astrology Dates in 1979?

When Is Mercury Retrograde in 1979?

Mercury is retrograde 3 times in 1979: from March 15, 1979 to April 7, 1979 (Aries and Pisces); from July 17, 1979 to August 11, 1979 (Leo); from November 9, 1979 to November 29, 1979 (Sagittarius and Scorpio).

When Are the Eclipses in 1979?

Total Solar Eclipse in Pisces on February 26, 1979; Partial Lunar Eclipse in Virgo on March 13, 1979; Annular Solar Eclipse in Leo on August 22, 1979; Total Lunar Eclipse in Pisces on September 6, 1979.

When Do the Seasons Start in 1979?

March Equinox: March 21, 1979 at 12:21 AM ET (05:21 UTC); June Solstice: June 21, 1979 at 7:56 PM ET (23:56 UTC); September Equinox: September 23, 1979 at 11:16 AM ET (15:16 UTC); December Solstice: December 22, 1979 at 6:09 AM ET (11:09 UTC).

Why Do Some Calendars List a Different Date?

Most astrology sites print a single date without a time zone. An ingress at 10:49 PM in New York is already the next day in London and Sydney, so two correct sources can disagree by a day. Selfgazer gives every time in both US Eastern time and UTC, and the tables switch to your own time zone in the browser.

Your Personal 1979 Forecast

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