# Astrology Calendar 1988

> In 1988, Mercury is retrograde 3 times (Feb 2 to Feb 23; May 31 to Jun 24; Sep 28 to Oct 20). There are 4 eclipses: Partial Lunar Eclipse on March 3, 1988 in Virgo; Total Solar Eclipse on March 18, 1988 in Pisces; Partial Lunar Eclipse on August 27, 1988 in Pisces; Annular Solar Eclipse on September 11, 1988 in Virgo. All dates are in UTC.

Canonical page: https://www.selfgazer.com/sky/calendar/1988

## Seasons

| Date (UTC) | Event |
| --- | --- |
| 1988-03-20 09:39 UTC | March Equinox, the Sun enters Aries |
| 1988-06-21 03:56 UTC | June Solstice, the Sun enters Cancer |
| 1988-09-22 19:29 UTC | September Equinox, the Sun enters Libra |
| 1988-12-21 15:28 UTC | December Solstice, the Sun enters Capricorn |

## Eclipses

| Date (UTC) | Event | Detail |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1988-03-03 16:12 UTC | Partial Lunar Eclipse in Virgo | 13°23' Virgo |
| 1988-03-18 01:57 UTC | Total Solar Eclipse in Pisces | 27°41' Pisces |
| 1988-08-27 11:04 UTC | Partial Lunar Eclipse in Pisces | 4°28' Pisces |
| 1988-09-11 04:43 UTC | Annular Solar Eclipse in Virgo | 18°39' Virgo |

## Retrogrades

| Planet | Stations retrograde | Stations direct | Signs | Shadow |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Mercury | 1988-02-02 06:16 UTC at 28°04' Aquarius | 1988-02-23 17:35 UTC at 12°40' Aquarius | Aquarius | 1988-01-18 to 1988-03-14 |
| Pluto | 1988-02-14 14:08 UTC at 12°35' Scorpio | 1988-07-20 04:08 UTC at 9°45' Scorpio | Scorpio | 1987-10-30 to 1988-11-06 |
| Uranus | 1988-04-04 19:36 UTC at 1°02' Capricorn | 1988-09-05 09:33 UTC at 27°02' Sagittarius | Capricorn, Sagittarius | 1987-12-21 to 1988-12-20 |
| Saturn | 1988-04-11 01:59 UTC at 2°33' Capricorn | 1988-08-30 10:09 UTC at 25°55' Sagittarius | Capricorn, Sagittarius | 1988-01-05 to 1988-12-06 |
| Neptune | 1988-04-11 12:59 UTC at 10°11' Capricorn | 1988-09-18 18:24 UTC at 7°25' Capricorn | Capricorn | 1987-12-22 to 1989-01-08 |
| Venus | 1988-05-22 13:25 UTC at 0°27' Cancer | 1988-07-04 14:10 UTC at 13°55' Gemini | Cancer, Gemini | 1988-04-19 to 1988-08-07 |
| Mercury | 1988-05-31 22:38 UTC at 26°46' Gemini | 1988-06-24 22:46 UTC at 18°09' Gemini | Gemini | 1988-05-16 to 1988-07-09 |
| Mars | 1988-08-26 14:38 UTC at 11°28' Aries | 1988-10-28 05:07 UTC at 29°52' Pisces | Aries, Pisces | 1988-07-13 to 1988-12-13 |
| Jupiter | 1988-09-24 13:59 UTC at 6°07' Gemini | 1989-01-20 06:12 UTC at 26°05' Taurus | Gemini, Taurus | 1988-07-01 to 1989-04-14 |
| Mercury | 1988-09-28 21:33 UTC at 27°03' Libra | 1988-10-20 05:23 UTC at 11°38' Libra | Libra | 1988-09-08 to 1988-11-04 |

## January 1988

| Date (UTC) | Event | Detail |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1988-01-04 01:41 UTC | Full Moon in Cancer | 12°54' Cancer |
| 1988-01-08 15:24 UTC | Mars enters Sagittarius | Leaves Scorpio |
| 1988-01-10 05:28 UTC | Mercury enters Aquarius | Leaves Capricorn |
| 1988-01-15 16:03 UTC | Venus enters Pisces | Leaves Aquarius |
| 1988-01-19 05:26 UTC | New Moon in Capricorn | 28°21' Capricorn |
| 1988-01-20 20:24 UTC | The Sun enters Aquarius | Leaves Capricorn |

## February 1988

| Date (UTC) | Event | Detail |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1988-02-02 06:16 UTC | Mercury stations retrograde | 28°04' Aquarius |
| 1988-02-02 20:52 UTC | Full Moon in Leo | 13°14' Leo |
| 1988-02-09 13:03 UTC | Venus enters Aries | Leaves Pisces |
| 1988-02-12 23:31 UTC | Saturn conjunct Uranus | Exact conjunction |
| 1988-02-13 23:36 UTC | Saturn enters Capricorn | Leaves Sagittarius |
| 1988-02-14 14:08 UTC | Pluto stations retrograde | 12°35' Scorpio |
| 1988-02-15 01:14 UTC | Uranus enters Capricorn | Leaves Sagittarius |
| 1988-02-17 15:54 UTC | New Moon in Aquarius | 28°12' Aquarius |
| 1988-02-19 10:35 UTC | The Sun enters Pisces | Leaves Aquarius |
| 1988-02-22 10:14 UTC | Mars enters Capricorn | Leaves Sagittarius |
| 1988-02-23 17:35 UTC | Mercury stations direct | 12°40' Aquarius |

## March 1988

| Date (UTC) | Event | Detail |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1988-03-03 16:12 UTC | Partial Lunar Eclipse in Virgo | 13°23' Virgo |
| 1988-03-06 10:21 UTC | Venus enters Taurus | Leaves Aries |
| 1988-03-08 15:40 UTC | Jupiter enters Taurus | Leaves Aries |
| 1988-03-12 12:01 UTC | Jupiter trine Uranus | Exact trine |
| 1988-03-16 10:10 UTC | Mercury enters Pisces | Leaves Aquarius |
| 1988-03-18 01:57 UTC | Total Solar Eclipse in Pisces | 27°41' Pisces |
| 1988-03-18 11:00 UTC | Jupiter trine Saturn | Exact trine |
| 1988-03-20 09:39 UTC | The Sun enters Aries | March Equinox |

## April 1988

| Date (UTC) | Event | Detail |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1988-04-02 09:21 UTC | Full Moon in Libra | 12°51' Libra |
| 1988-04-03 17:08 UTC | Venus enters Gemini | Leaves Taurus |
| 1988-04-04 19:36 UTC | Uranus stations retrograde | 1°02' Capricorn |
| 1988-04-04 22:04 UTC | Mercury enters Aries | Leaves Pisces |
| 1988-04-06 21:44 UTC | Mars enters Aquarius | Leaves Capricorn |
| 1988-04-11 01:59 UTC | Saturn stations retrograde | 2°33' Capricorn |
| 1988-04-11 12:59 UTC | Neptune stations retrograde | 10°11' Capricorn |
| 1988-04-16 12:00 UTC | New Moon in Aries | 26°43' Aries |
| 1988-04-19 20:45 UTC | The Sun enters Taurus | Leaves Aries |
| 1988-04-20 06:42 UTC | Mercury enters Taurus | Leaves Aries |
| 1988-04-22 09:48 UTC | Jupiter trine Neptune | Exact trine |
| 1988-04-27 05:42 UTC | Jupiter opposite Pluto | Exact opposition |

## May 1988

| Date (UTC) | Event | Detail |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1988-05-01 23:41 UTC | Full Moon in Scorpio | 11°48' Scorpio |
| 1988-05-04 19:41 UTC | Mercury enters Gemini | Leaves Taurus |
| 1988-05-15 22:11 UTC | New Moon in Taurus | 25°16' Taurus |
| 1988-05-17 16:41 UTC | Venus enters Cancer | Leaves Gemini |
| 1988-05-20 19:57 UTC | The Sun enters Gemini | Leaves Taurus |
| 1988-05-22 07:41 UTC | Mars enters Pisces | Leaves Aquarius |
| 1988-05-22 13:25 UTC | Venus stations retrograde | 0°27' Cancer |
| 1988-05-27 00:03 UTC | Uranus re-enters Sagittarius (retrograde) | Leaves Capricorn |
| 1988-05-27 07:19 UTC | Venus re-enters Gemini (retrograde) | Leaves Cancer |
| 1988-05-31 10:54 UTC | Full Moon in Sagittarius | 10°12' Sagittarius |
| 1988-05-31 22:38 UTC | Mercury stations retrograde | 26°46' Gemini |

## June 1988

| Date (UTC) | Event | Detail |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1988-06-10 05:36 UTC | Saturn re-enters Sagittarius (retrograde) | Leaves Capricorn |
| 1988-06-14 09:14 UTC | New Moon in Gemini | 23°31' Gemini |
| 1988-06-21 03:56 UTC | The Sun enters Cancer | June Solstice |
| 1988-06-24 22:46 UTC | Mercury stations direct | 18°09' Gemini |
| 1988-06-26 18:55 UTC | Saturn conjunct Uranus | Exact conjunction |
| 1988-06-29 19:46 UTC | Full Moon in Capricorn | 8°15' Capricorn |

## July 1988

| Date (UTC) | Event | Detail |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1988-07-04 14:10 UTC | Venus stations direct | 13°55' Gemini |
| 1988-07-12 06:42 UTC | Mercury enters Cancer | Leaves Gemini |
| 1988-07-13 19:55 UTC | Mars enters Aries | Leaves Pisces |
| 1988-07-13 21:53 UTC | New Moon in Cancer | 21°41' Cancer |
| 1988-07-20 04:08 UTC | Pluto stations direct | 9°45' Scorpio |
| 1988-07-22 00:00 UTC | Jupiter enters Gemini | Leaves Taurus |
| 1988-07-22 14:51 UTC | The Sun enters Leo | Leaves Cancer |
| 1988-07-28 21:18 UTC | Mercury enters Leo | Leaves Cancer |
| 1988-07-29 03:25 UTC | Full Moon in Aquarius | 6°14' Aquarius |

## August 1988

| Date (UTC) | Event | Detail |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1988-08-06 23:24 UTC | Venus enters Cancer | Leaves Gemini |
| 1988-08-12 12:31 UTC | New Moon in Leo | 20°00' Leo |
| 1988-08-12 17:28 UTC | Mercury enters Virgo | Leaves Leo |
| 1988-08-22 21:54 UTC | The Sun enters Virgo | Leaves Leo |
| 1988-08-26 14:38 UTC | Mars stations retrograde | 11°28' Aries |
| 1988-08-27 11:04 UTC | Partial Lunar Eclipse in Pisces | 4°28' Pisces |
| 1988-08-30 10:09 UTC | Saturn stations direct | 25°55' Sagittarius |
| 1988-08-30 20:25 UTC | Mercury enters Libra | Leaves Virgo |

## September 1988

| Date (UTC) | Event | Detail |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1988-09-05 09:33 UTC | Uranus stations direct | 27°02' Sagittarius |
| 1988-09-07 11:38 UTC | Venus enters Leo | Leaves Cancer |
| 1988-09-11 04:43 UTC | Annular Solar Eclipse in Virgo | 18°39' Virgo |
| 1988-09-18 18:23 UTC | Neptune stations direct | 7°25' Capricorn |
| 1988-09-22 19:29 UTC | The Sun enters Libra | September Equinox |
| 1988-09-24 13:59 UTC | Jupiter stations retrograde | 6°07' Gemini |
| 1988-09-25 19:07 UTC | Full Moon in Aries | 2°55' Aries |
| 1988-09-28 21:33 UTC | Mercury stations retrograde | 27°03' Libra |

## October 1988

| Date (UTC) | Event | Detail |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1988-10-04 13:14 UTC | Venus enters Virgo | Leaves Leo |
| 1988-10-10 21:49 UTC | New Moon in Libra | 17°48' Libra |
| 1988-10-18 12:14 UTC | Saturn conjunct Uranus | Exact conjunction |
| 1988-10-20 05:23 UTC | Mercury stations direct | 11°38' Libra |
| 1988-10-23 04:44 UTC | The Sun enters Scorpio | Leaves Libra |
| 1988-10-23 22:57 UTC | Mars re-enters Pisces (retrograde) | Leaves Aries |
| 1988-10-25 04:36 UTC | Full Moon in Taurus | 1°59' Taurus |
| 1988-10-28 05:07 UTC | Mars stations direct | 29°52' Pisces |
| 1988-10-29 23:19 UTC | Venus enters Libra | Leaves Virgo |

## November 1988

| Date (UTC) | Event | Detail |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1988-11-01 12:03 UTC | Mars enters Aries | Leaves Pisces |
| 1988-11-06 14:57 UTC | Mercury enters Scorpio | Leaves Libra |
| 1988-11-09 14:20 UTC | New Moon in Scorpio | 17°24' Scorpio |
| 1988-11-12 09:20 UTC | Saturn enters Capricorn | Leaves Sagittarius |
| 1988-11-22 02:12 UTC | The Sun enters Sagittarius | Leaves Scorpio |
| 1988-11-23 13:33 UTC | Venus enters Scorpio | Leaves Libra |
| 1988-11-23 15:53 UTC | Full Moon in Gemini | 1°35' Gemini |
| 1988-11-25 10:03 UTC | Mercury enters Sagittarius | Leaves Scorpio |
| 1988-11-30 20:53 UTC | Jupiter re-enters Taurus (retrograde) | Leaves Gemini |

## December 1988

| Date (UTC) | Event | Detail |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1988-12-02 16:11 UTC | Uranus enters Capricorn | Leaves Sagittarius |
| 1988-12-09 05:36 UTC | New Moon in Sagittarius | 17°22' Sagittarius |
| 1988-12-14 11:53 UTC | Mercury enters Capricorn | Leaves Sagittarius |
| 1988-12-17 17:55 UTC | Venus enters Sagittarius | Leaves Scorpio |
| 1988-12-21 15:28 UTC | The Sun enters Capricorn | December Solstice |
| 1988-12-23 05:29 UTC | Full Moon in Cancer | 1°37' Cancer |

## Questions

### What Are the Key Astrology Dates in 1988?

In 1988, Mercury is retrograde 3 times (Feb 2 to Feb 23; May 31 to Jun 24; Sep 28 to Oct 20). There are 4 eclipses: Partial Lunar Eclipse on March 3, 1988 in Virgo; Total Solar Eclipse on March 18, 1988 in Pisces; Partial Lunar Eclipse on August 27, 1988 in Pisces; Annular Solar Eclipse on September 11, 1988 in Virgo. All dates are in UTC.

### When Is Mercury Retrograde in 1988?

Mercury is retrograde 3 times in 1988: from February 2, 1988 to February 23, 1988 (Aquarius); from May 31, 1988 to June 24, 1988 (Gemini); from September 28, 1988 to October 20, 1988 (Libra).

### When Are the Eclipses in 1988?

Partial Lunar Eclipse in Virgo on March 3, 1988; Total Solar Eclipse in Pisces on March 18, 1988; Partial Lunar Eclipse in Pisces on August 27, 1988; Annular Solar Eclipse in Virgo on September 11, 1988.

### When Do the Seasons Start in 1988?

March Equinox: March 20, 1988 at 4:39 AM ET (09:39 UTC); June Solstice: June 20, 1988 at 11:56 PM ET (03:56 UTC on June 21); September Equinox: September 22, 1988 at 3:29 PM ET (19:29 UTC); December Solstice: December 21, 1988 at 10:28 AM ET (15:28 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/1988). Free to cite with a link to the source page.