1916 had 12 full moons and 5 eclipses. The eclipses fell: a partial lunar eclipse in Cancer on January 20, a total solar eclipse in Aquarius on February 3, a partial lunar eclipse in Capricorn on July 14, an annular solar eclipse in Leo on July 29, and a partial solar eclipse in Capricorn on December 24. Mercury turned retrograde three times (Jan 27 to Feb 17; May 24 to Jun 17; Sep 22 to Oct 14). The first full moon rose in Cancer on January 20. Every full moon, new moon, solar and lunar eclipse, equinox, solstice, planetary ingress, and retrograde station below is computed to the millisecond with the NASA-cross-checked Swiss Ephemeris engine and shown in Eastern Time - Choose your location on the page for your own sky.
January 1916
- Ceres Direct
- New Moon in Capricorn
- Mercury enters Aquarius
- First Quarter Moon in Aries
- Venus enters Pisces
- Partial Lunar Eclipse (Full Moon) in Cancer
- Sun enters Aquarius
- Mercury Retrograde
- Last Quarter Moon in Scorpio
February 1916
- Pallas enters Aries
- Total Solar Eclipse (New Moon) in Aquarius
- First Quarter Moon in Taurus
- Jupiter enters Aries
- Venus enters Aries
- Juno enters Sagittarius
- Mercury Direct
- Full Moon in Leo
- Sun enters Pisces
- Last Quarter Moon in Sagittarius
- Vesta Retrograde
March 1916
- New Moon in Pisces
- Venus enters Taurus
- Saturn Direct
- First Quarter Moon in Gemini
- Mercury enters Pisces
- Pluto Direct
- Ceres enters Gemini
- Neptune Rx enters Cancer
- Full Moon in Virgo
- Sun enters Aries (Spring Equinox)
- Juno Retrograde
- Mars Direct
- Last Quarter Moon in Capricorn
April 1916
- Mercury enters Aries
- New Moon in Aries
- Venus enters Gemini
- Neptune Direct
- First Quarter Moon in Cancer
- Pallas enters Taurus
- Mercury enters Taurus
- Full Moon in Libra
- Sun enters Taurus
- Juno Rx enters Scorpio
- Last Quarter Moon in Aquarius
May 1916
- New Moon in Taurus
- Neptune enters Leo
- Mercury enters Gemini
- Venus enters Cancer
- First Quarter Moon in Leo
- Full Moon in Scorpio
- Sun enters Gemini
- Last Quarter Moon in Pisces
- Uranus Retrograde
- Mercury Retrograde
- Vesta Direct
- Mars enters Virgo
- True Node Rx enters Capricorn
- New Moon in Gemini
June 1916
- Ceres enters Cancer
- First Quarter Moon in Virgo
- Venus Retrograde
- Full Moon in Sagittarius
- Pallas enters Gemini
- Mercury Direct
- Sun enters Cancer (Summer Solstice)
- Last Quarter Moon in Aries
- Jupiter enters Taurus
- Chiron Retrograde
- New Moon in Cancer
July 1916
- First Quarter Moon in Libra
- Mercury enters Cancer
- Juno Direct
- Partial Lunar Eclipse (Full Moon) in Capricorn
- Last Quarter Moon in Aries
- Sun enters Leo
- Mars enters Libra
- Venus Direct
- Mercury enters Leo
- Annular Solar Eclipse (New Moon) in Leo
August 1916
- Vesta enters Scorpio
- First Quarter Moon in Scorpio
- Mercury enters Virgo
- Ceres enters Leo
- Pallas enters Cancer
- Full Moon in Aquarius
- Last Quarter Moon in Taurus
- Sun enters Virgo
- Jupiter Retrograde
- New Moon in Virgo
- Mercury enters Libra
September 1916
- First Quarter Moon in Sagittarius
- Mars enters Scorpio
- Venus enters Leo
- Full Moon in Pisces
- Last Quarter Moon in Gemini
- Mercury Retrograde
- Sun enters Libra (Autumn Equinox)
- New Moon in Libra
- Juno enters Sagittarius
October 1916
- First Quarter Moon in Capricorn
- Pluto Retrograde
- Venus enters Virgo
- Pallas enters Leo
- Vesta enters Sagittarius
- Full Moon in Aries
- Mercury Direct
- Saturn enters Leo
- Last Quarter Moon in Cancer
- Ceres enters Virgo
- Mars enters Sagittarius
- Sun enters Scorpio
- Uranus Direct
- Jupiter Rx enters Aries
- New Moon in Scorpio
November 1916
- First Quarter Moon in Aquarius
- Venus enters Libra
- Mercury enters Scorpio
- Neptune Retrograde
- Full Moon in Taurus
- Saturn Retrograde
- Last Quarter Moon in Leo
- Sun enters Sagittarius
- Mercury enters Sagittarius
- New Moon in Sagittarius
- Venus enters Scorpio
December 1916
- Mars enters Capricorn
- First Quarter Moon in Pisces
- Chiron Direct
- Vesta enters Capricorn
- Saturn Rx enters Cancer
- Full Moon in Gemini
- Mercury enters Capricorn
- Last Quarter Moon in Virgo
- Jupiter Direct
- Pallas Retrograde
- Sun enters Capricorn (Winter Solstice)
- Venus enters Sagittarius
- Partial Solar Eclipse (New Moon) in Capricorn
- Juno enters Capricorn
- First Quarter Moon in Aries