# Astrology Calendar 1987

> In 1987, Mercury is retrograde 3 times (Feb 18 to Mar 12; Jun 21 to Jul 15; Oct 16 to Nov 6). There are 4 eclipses: Total Solar Eclipse on March 29, 1987 in Aries; Penumbral Lunar Eclipse on April 14, 1987 in Libra; Annular Solar Eclipse on September 23, 1987 in Virgo; Penumbral Lunar Eclipse on October 7, 1987 in Aries. All dates are in UTC.

Canonical page: https://www.selfgazer.com/sky/calendar/1987

## Seasons

| Date (UTC) | Event |
| --- | --- |
| 1987-03-21 03:52 UTC | March Equinox, the Sun enters Aries |
| 1987-06-21 22:10 UTC | June Solstice, the Sun enters Cancer |
| 1987-09-23 13:45 UTC | September Equinox, the Sun enters Libra |
| 1987-12-22 09:46 UTC | December Solstice, the Sun enters Capricorn |

## Eclipses

| Date (UTC) | Event | Detail |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1987-03-29 12:48 UTC | Total Solar Eclipse in Aries | 8°17' Aries |
| 1987-04-14 02:18 UTC | Penumbral Lunar Eclipse in Libra | 23°30' Libra |
| 1987-09-23 03:11 UTC | Annular Solar Eclipse in Virgo | 29°34' Virgo |
| 1987-10-07 04:01 UTC | Penumbral Lunar Eclipse in Aries | 13°15' Aries |

## Retrogrades

| Planet | Stations retrograde | Stations direct | Signs | Shadow |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Pluto | 1987-02-11 17:03 UTC at 9°58' Scorpio | 1987-07-18 06:18 UTC at 7°08' Scorpio | Scorpio | 1986-10-27 to 1987-11-04 |
| Mercury | 1987-02-18 16:07 UTC at 14°30' Pisces | 1987-03-12 21:27 UTC at 29°57' Aquarius | Pisces, Aquarius | 1987-02-04 to 1987-04-01 |
| Saturn | 1987-03-31 04:42 UTC at 21°09' Sagittarius | 1987-08-19 08:53 UTC at 14°32' Sagittarius | Sagittarius | 1986-12-24 to 1987-11-25 |
| Uranus | 1987-04-01 04:27 UTC at 26°43' Sagittarius | 1987-09-01 14:33 UTC at 22°42' Sagittarius | Sagittarius | 1986-12-17 to 1987-12-16 |
| Neptune | 1987-04-10 00:08 UTC at 8°00' Capricorn | 1987-09-17 08:01 UTC at 5°13' Capricorn | Capricorn | 1986-12-19 to 1988-01-06 |
| Mercury | 1987-06-21 03:52 UTC at 16°48' Cancer | 1987-07-15 07:43 UTC at 7°24' Cancer | Cancer | 1987-06-04 to 1987-07-29 |
| Jupiter | 1987-08-19 21:10 UTC at 29°43' Aries | 1987-12-15 12:21 UTC at 19°45' Aries | Aries | 1987-05-26 to 1988-03-07 |
| Mercury | 1987-10-16 16:46 UTC at 13°12' Scorpio | 1987-11-06 07:40 UTC at 27°24' Libra | Scorpio, Libra | 1987-09-26 to 1987-11-22 |

## January 1987

| Date (UTC) | Event | Detail |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1987-01-07 10:18 UTC | Venus enters Sagittarius | Leaves Scorpio |
| 1987-01-08 12:21 UTC | Mars enters Aries | Leaves Pisces |
| 1987-01-15 02:31 UTC | Full Moon in Cancer | 24°24' Cancer |
| 1987-01-17 13:08 UTC | Mercury enters Aquarius | Leaves Capricorn |
| 1987-01-20 14:40 UTC | The Sun enters Aquarius | Leaves Capricorn |
| 1987-01-29 13:45 UTC | New Moon in Aquarius | 9°07' Aquarius |

## February 1987

| Date (UTC) | Event | Detail |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1987-02-04 02:32 UTC | Mercury enters Pisces | Leaves Aquarius |
| 1987-02-05 03:02 UTC | Venus enters Capricorn | Leaves Sagittarius |
| 1987-02-11 17:03 UTC | Pluto stations retrograde | 9°58' Scorpio |
| 1987-02-12 07:31 UTC | Jupiter square Uranus | Exact square |
| 1987-02-13 20:58 UTC | Full Moon in Leo | 24°37' Leo |
| 1987-02-18 16:07 UTC | Mercury stations retrograde | 14°30' Pisces |
| 1987-02-19 04:49 UTC | The Sun enters Pisces | Leaves Aquarius |
| 1987-02-20 14:44 UTC | Mars enters Taurus | Leaves Aries |
| 1987-02-28 00:51 UTC | New Moon in Pisces | 8°54' Pisces |

## March 1987

| Date (UTC) | Event | Detail |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1987-03-02 18:33 UTC | Jupiter enters Aries | Leaves Pisces |
| 1987-03-03 07:55 UTC | Venus enters Aquarius | Leaves Capricorn |
| 1987-03-11 22:04 UTC | Mercury re-enters Aquarius (retrograde) | Leaves Pisces |
| 1987-03-12 21:27 UTC | Mercury stations direct | 29°57' Aquarius |
| 1987-03-13 21:03 UTC | Mercury enters Pisces | Leaves Aquarius |
| 1987-03-15 13:13 UTC | Full Moon in Virgo | 24°25' Virgo |
| 1987-03-21 03:51 UTC | The Sun enters Aries | March Equinox |
| 1987-03-28 16:19 UTC | Venus enters Pisces | Leaves Aquarius |
| 1987-03-29 12:48 UTC | Total Solar Eclipse in Aries | 8°17' Aries |
| 1987-03-31 04:42 UTC | Saturn stations retrograde | 21°09' Sagittarius |

## April 1987

| Date (UTC) | Event | Detail |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1987-04-01 04:27 UTC | Uranus stations retrograde | 26°43' Sagittarius |
| 1987-04-04 23:33 UTC | Jupiter square Neptune | Exact square |
| 1987-04-05 16:37 UTC | Mars enters Gemini | Leaves Taurus |
| 1987-04-10 00:09 UTC | Neptune stations retrograde | 8°00' Capricorn |
| 1987-04-12 20:23 UTC | Mercury enters Aries | Leaves Pisces |
| 1987-04-14 02:18 UTC | Penumbral Lunar Eclipse in Libra | 23°30' Libra |
| 1987-04-20 14:57 UTC | The Sun enters Taurus | Leaves Aries |
| 1987-04-22 16:07 UTC | Venus enters Aries | Leaves Pisces |
| 1987-04-28 01:35 UTC | New Moon in Taurus | 7°15' Taurus |
| 1987-04-29 15:39 UTC | Mercury enters Taurus | Leaves Aries |

## May 1987

| Date (UTC) | Event | Detail |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1987-05-13 12:50 UTC | Full Moon in Scorpio | 22°14' Scorpio |
| 1987-05-13 17:50 UTC | Mercury enters Gemini | Leaves Taurus |
| 1987-05-17 11:55 UTC | Venus enters Taurus | Leaves Aries |
| 1987-05-21 03:01 UTC | Mars enters Cancer | Leaves Gemini |
| 1987-05-21 14:09 UTC | The Sun enters Gemini | Leaves Taurus |
| 1987-05-23 12:28 UTC | Jupiter trine Saturn | Exact trine |
| 1987-05-27 15:14 UTC | New Moon in Gemini | 5°48' Gemini |
| 1987-05-30 04:21 UTC | Mercury enters Cancer | Leaves Gemini |

## June 1987

| Date (UTC) | Event | Detail |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1987-06-11 05:15 UTC | Venus enters Gemini | Leaves Taurus |
| 1987-06-11 20:49 UTC | Full Moon in Sagittarius | 20°24' Sagittarius |
| 1987-06-21 03:52 UTC | Mercury stations retrograde | 16°48' Cancer |
| 1987-06-21 16:30 UTC | Jupiter trine Uranus | Exact trine |
| 1987-06-21 22:10 UTC | The Sun enters Cancer | June Solstice |
| 1987-06-26 05:37 UTC | New Moon in Cancer | 4°07' Cancer |

## July 1987

| Date (UTC) | Event | Detail |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1987-07-05 19:49 UTC | Venus enters Cancer | Leaves Gemini |
| 1987-07-06 16:46 UTC | Mars enters Leo | Leaves Cancer |
| 1987-07-11 03:33 UTC | Full Moon in Capricorn | 18°20' Capricorn |
| 1987-07-15 07:43 UTC | Mercury stations direct | 7°24' Cancer |
| 1987-07-18 06:18 UTC | Pluto stations direct | 7°08' Scorpio |
| 1987-07-23 09:06 UTC | The Sun enters Leo | Leaves Cancer |
| 1987-07-25 20:38 UTC | New Moon in Leo | 2°22' Leo |
| 1987-07-30 06:48 UTC | Venus enters Leo | Leaves Cancer |

## August 1987

| Date (UTC) | Event | Detail |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1987-08-06 21:20 UTC | Mercury enters Leo | Leaves Cancer |
| 1987-08-09 10:17 UTC | Full Moon in Aquarius | 16°18' Aquarius |
| 1987-08-19 08:53 UTC | Saturn stations direct | 14°32' Sagittarius |
| 1987-08-19 21:10 UTC | Jupiter stations retrograde | 29°43' Aries |
| 1987-08-21 21:35 UTC | Mercury enters Virgo | Leaves Leo |
| 1987-08-22 19:51 UTC | Mars enters Virgo | Leaves Leo |
| 1987-08-23 13:59 UTC | Venus enters Virgo | Leaves Leo |
| 1987-08-23 16:10 UTC | The Sun enters Virgo | Leaves Leo |
| 1987-08-24 11:59 UTC | New Moon in Virgo | 0°48' Virgo |

## September 1987

| Date (UTC) | Event | Detail |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1987-09-01 14:33 UTC | Uranus stations direct | 22°42' Sagittarius |
| 1987-09-07 13:51 UTC | Mercury enters Libra | Leaves Virgo |
| 1987-09-07 18:13 UTC | Full Moon in Pisces | 14°35' Pisces |
| 1987-09-16 18:11 UTC | Venus enters Libra | Leaves Virgo |
| 1987-09-17 08:01 UTC | Neptune stations direct | 5°13' Capricorn |
| 1987-09-23 03:11 UTC | Annular Solar Eclipse in Virgo | 29°34' Virgo |
| 1987-09-23 13:45 UTC | The Sun enters Libra | September Equinox |
| 1987-09-28 17:20 UTC | Mercury enters Scorpio | Leaves Libra |

## October 1987

| Date (UTC) | Event | Detail |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1987-10-07 04:01 UTC | Penumbral Lunar Eclipse in Aries | 13°15' Aries |
| 1987-10-08 19:26 UTC | Mars enters Libra | Leaves Virgo |
| 1987-10-10 20:48 UTC | Venus enters Scorpio | Leaves Libra |
| 1987-10-16 16:46 UTC | Mercury stations retrograde | 13°12' Scorpio |
| 1987-10-22 17:28 UTC | New Moon in Libra | 28°46' Libra |
| 1987-10-23 23:00 UTC | The Sun enters Scorpio | Leaves Libra |
| 1987-10-24 13:28 UTC | Jupiter trine Uranus | Exact trine |

## November 1987

| Date (UTC) | Event | Detail |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1987-11-01 01:58 UTC | Mercury re-enters Libra (retrograde) | Leaves Scorpio |
| 1987-11-03 23:03 UTC | Venus enters Sagittarius | Leaves Scorpio |
| 1987-11-05 16:46 UTC | Full Moon in Taurus | 12°44' Taurus |
| 1987-11-06 07:40 UTC | Mercury stations direct | 27°24' Libra |
| 1987-11-08 12:10 UTC | The North Node enters Pisces | Leaves Aries |
| 1987-11-11 21:55 UTC | Mercury enters Scorpio | Leaves Libra |
| 1987-11-21 06:33 UTC | New Moon in Scorpio | 28°24' Scorpio |
| 1987-11-21 13:40 UTC | Jupiter trine Saturn | Exact trine |
| 1987-11-22 20:29 UTC | The Sun enters Sagittarius | Leaves Scorpio |
| 1987-11-24 03:19 UTC | Mars enters Scorpio | Leaves Libra |
| 1987-11-28 01:51 UTC | Venus enters Capricorn | Leaves Sagittarius |

## December 1987

| Date (UTC) | Event | Detail |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1987-12-03 13:33 UTC | Mercury enters Sagittarius | Leaves Scorpio |
| 1987-12-05 08:01 UTC | Full Moon in Gemini | 12°38' Gemini |
| 1987-12-15 12:21 UTC | Jupiter stations direct | 19°45' Aries |
| 1987-12-20 18:25 UTC | New Moon in Sagittarius | 28°20' Sagittarius |
| 1987-12-22 06:28 UTC | Venus enters Aquarius | Leaves Capricorn |
| 1987-12-22 09:46 UTC | The Sun enters Capricorn | December Solstice |
| 1987-12-22 17:39 UTC | Mercury enters Capricorn | Leaves Sagittarius |

## Questions

### What Are the Key Astrology Dates in 1987?

In 1987, Mercury is retrograde 3 times (Feb 18 to Mar 12; Jun 21 to Jul 15; Oct 16 to Nov 6). There are 4 eclipses: Total Solar Eclipse on March 29, 1987 in Aries; Penumbral Lunar Eclipse on April 14, 1987 in Libra; Annular Solar Eclipse on September 23, 1987 in Virgo; Penumbral Lunar Eclipse on October 7, 1987 in Aries. All dates are in UTC.

### When Is Mercury Retrograde in 1987?

Mercury is retrograde 3 times in 1987: from February 18, 1987 to March 12, 1987 (Pisces and Aquarius); from June 21, 1987 to July 15, 1987 (Cancer); from October 16, 1987 to November 6, 1987 (Scorpio and Libra).

### When Are the Eclipses in 1987?

Total Solar Eclipse in Aries on March 29, 1987; Penumbral Lunar Eclipse in Libra on April 14, 1987; Annular Solar Eclipse in Virgo on September 23, 1987; Penumbral Lunar Eclipse in Aries on October 7, 1987.

### When Do the Seasons Start in 1987?

March Equinox: March 20, 1987 at 10:52 PM ET (03:52 UTC on March 21); June Solstice: June 21, 1987 at 6:10 PM ET (22:10 UTC); September Equinox: September 23, 1987 at 9:45 AM ET (13:45 UTC); December Solstice: December 22, 1987 at 4:46 AM ET (09:46 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.

## Method

Positions are geocentric and tropical: apparent longitudes on the true ecliptic and equinox of date, corrected for light time and aberration. They are computed with the open-source Astronomy Engine library (VSOP87 planetary theory) and agree with the Swiss Ephemeris to within about one arcminute. The North Node is the mean node. Times are given in UTC and US Eastern time.

Source: [Selfgazer](https://www.selfgazer.com/sky/calendar/1987). Free to cite with a link to the source page.