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August 1940

New moons, full moons, sign ingresses and retrograde stations. Like a weather forecast: not what happens, but when.

Worth noting
11
Venus enters Cancer

Ingress

1 Aug 1940, 02:19 UTC
Mercury · Direct

Station

1 Aug 1940, 18:41 UTC
New moon

Moon phase

3 Aug 1940, 20:09 UTC
First quarter

Moon phase

10 Aug 1940, 12:00 UTC
Mercury enters Leo

Ingress

11 Aug 1940, 17:05 UTC
Full moon

Moon phase

17 Aug 1940, 23:02 UTC
Mars enters Virgo

Ingress

19 Aug 1940, 15:57 UTC
Sun enters Virgo

Ingress

23 Aug 1940, 07:28 UTC
Last quarter

Moon phase

26 Aug 1940, 03:32 UTC
Saturn · Retrograde

Station

27 Aug 1940, 07:43 UTC
Mercury enters Virgo

Ingress

29 Aug 1940, 11:10 UTC
Moon sign changes
13
Moon enters Leo

Ingress

3 Aug 1940, 01:20 UTC
Moon enters Virgo

Ingress

5 Aug 1940, 02:50 UTC
Moon enters Libra

Ingress

7 Aug 1940, 03:49 UTC
Moon enters Scorpio

Ingress

9 Aug 1940, 05:45 UTC
Moon enters Sagittarius

Ingress

11 Aug 1940, 09:28 UTC
Moon enters Capricorn

Ingress

13 Aug 1940, 15:15 UTC
Moon enters Aquarius

Ingress

15 Aug 1940, 23:07 UTC
Moon enters Pisces

Ingress

18 Aug 1940, 09:09 UTC
Moon enters Aries

Ingress

20 Aug 1940, 21:13 UTC
Moon enters Taurus

Ingress

23 Aug 1940, 10:16 UTC
Moon enters Gemini

Ingress

25 Aug 1940, 22:12 UTC
Moon enters Cancer

Ingress

28 Aug 1940, 06:53 UTC
Moon enters Leo

Ingress

30 Aug 1940, 11:31 UTC

The Moon changes sign every two and a half days. Kept separate so the rare events are not lost among them.