What were the 1942 eclipse dates and times?

1942 had 5 eclipses: Total Lunar Eclipse on March 2, 1942 at 8:19:45 PM ET; Partial Solar Eclipse on March 16, 1942 at 7:49:52 PM ET; Partial Solar Eclipse on August 11, 1942 at 10:27:39 PM ET; Total Lunar Eclipse on August 25, 1942 at 11:46:03 PM ET; Partial Solar Eclipse on September 10, 1942 at 11:52:40 AM ET. Every instant lands on the millisecond - Times mark the exact lunation instant of each eclipse.

When were the 1942 solstices and equinoxes?

Spring Equinox: March 21, 1942 at 2:10:34 AM ET; Summer Solstice: June 21, 1942 at 9:16:12 PM ET; Autumn Equinox: September 23, 1942 at 12:16:24 PM ET; Winter Solstice: December 22, 1942 at 7:39:30 AM ET.

When was Mercury retrograde in 1942?

Mercury stationed retrograde 3 times in 1942: January 31, 1942, May 31, 1942, September 28, 1942. The exact station instants are on the calendar above.

How many full moons were there in 1942?

1942 had 13 full moons. The first was the Full Moon in Cancer on January 2, 1942 at 10:41:40 AM ET.

How accurate are these celestial event times?

Every event is computed with the Swiss Ephemeris (DE441) and resolved to the millisecond. The engine is verified against NASA JPL HORIZONS - The model that flies spacecraft - On the 2026 major events. Almanacs stop at the minute. Starmap does not. Positions for this pre-atomic era are exact; the clock-time mapping is good to about a second.

STARMAP | 1942 Astrology Calendar - Every Event to the Second

Across 1942, the sky delivered 13 full moons and 5 eclipses. The eclipses fell: a total lunar eclipse in Virgo on March 2, a partial solar eclipse in Pisces on March 16, a partial solar eclipse in Leo on August 11, a total lunar eclipse in Pisces on August 25, and a partial solar eclipse in Virgo on September 10. Mercury turned retrograde three times (Jan 31 to Feb 22; May 31 to Jun 24; Sep 28 to Oct 19). The first full moon rose in Cancer on January 2. April saw two full moons, a blue moon. 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 1942

Jan 01, 1942 - 5:32:19 AM ET Neptune Retrograde
Jan 02, 1942 - 10:41:40 AM ET Full Moon in Cancer
Jan 09, 1942 - 10:23:35 AM ET Mercury enters Aquarius
Jan 10, 1942 - 1:04:35 AM ET Last Quarter Moon in Libra
Jan 11, 1942 - 5:20:25 PM ET Mars enters Taurus
Jan 12, 1942 - 7:41:14 PM ET Venus Retrograde
Jan 16, 1942 - 4:31:34 PM ET New Moon in Capricorn
Jan 20, 1942 - 11:23:27 AM ET Sun enters Aquarius
Jan 23, 1942 - 2:00:58 AM ET Saturn Direct
Jan 24, 1942 - 1:35:34 AM ET First Quarter Moon in Taurus
Jan 31, 1942 - 8:15:38 PM ET Mercury Retrograde

February 1942

Feb 01, 1942 - 4:12:17 AM ET Full Moon in Leo
Feb 03, 1942 - 9:50:15 AM ET Uranus Direct
Feb 05, 1942 - 5:01:36 AM ET Jupiter Direct
Feb 06, 1942 - 2:15:19 PM ET Vesta enters Capricorn
Feb 08, 1942 - 9:52:09 AM ET Last Quarter Moon in Scorpio
Feb 14, 1942 - 4:19:45 PM ET Pallas enters Aquarius
Feb 15, 1942 - 6:02:29 AM ET New Moon in Aquarius
Feb 19, 1942 - 2:46:46 AM ET Sun enters Pisces
Feb 22, 1942 - 8:07:43 AM ET Mercury Direct
Feb 22, 1942 - 11:39:38 PM ET First Quarter Moon in Gemini
Feb 23, 1942 - 2:01:40 AM ET Venus Direct

March 1942

Mar 02, 1942 - 8:19:45 PM ET Total Lunar Eclipse (Full Moon) in Virgo
Mar 07, 1942 - 4:04:16 AM ET Mars enters Gemini
Mar 09, 1942 - 6:00:22 PM ET Last Quarter Moon in Sagittarius
Mar 11, 1942 - 5:28:52 AM ET Juno Retrograde
Mar 16, 1942 - 5:54:55 AM ET Ceres enters Pisces
Mar 16, 1942 - 7:49:52 PM ET Partial Solar Eclipse (New Moon) in Pisces
Mar 16, 1942 - 8:10:04 PM ET Mercury enters Pisces
Mar 21, 1942 - 2:10:34 AM ET Sun enters Aries (Spring Equinox)
Mar 24, 1942 - 8:01:07 PM ET First Quarter Moon in Cancer

April 1942

Apr 01, 1942 - 8:32:12 AM ET Full Moon in Libra
Apr 05, 1942 - 3:06:08 AM ET Mercury enters Aries
Apr 06, 1942 - 9:14:21 AM ET Venus enters Pisces
Apr 08, 1942 - 12:42:47 AM ET Last Quarter Moon in Capricorn
Apr 09, 1942 - 2:15:17 AM ET Chiron Direct
Apr 15, 1942 - 10:33:16 AM ET New Moon in Aries
Apr 15, 1942 - 10:49:59 PM ET Vesta enters Aquarius
Apr 16, 1942 - 7:03:40 AM ET Pluto Direct
Apr 20, 1942 - 9:42:22 AM ET Mercury enters Taurus
Apr 20, 1942 - 1:39:05 PM ET Sun enters Taurus
Apr 23, 1942 - 2:10:05 PM ET First Quarter Moon in Leo
Apr 26, 1942 - 2:17:45 AM ET Mars enters Cancer
Apr 30, 1942 - 5:59:28 PM ET Full Moon in Scorpio

May 1942

May 05, 1942 - 12:37:07 AM ET Mercury enters Gemini
May 05, 1942 - 10:25:27 PM ET Venus enters Aries
May 07, 1942 - 8:12:35 AM ET Last Quarter Moon in Aquarius
May 08, 1942 - 3:38:36 PM ET Saturn enters Gemini
May 15, 1942 - 12:01:35 AM ET Uranus enters Gemini
May 15, 1942 - 1:45:04 AM ET New Moon in Taurus
May 21, 1942 - 1:08:38 PM ET Sun enters Gemini
May 23, 1942 - 5:10:36 AM ET First Quarter Moon in Virgo
May 30, 1942 - 1:28:54 AM ET Full Moon in Sagittarius
May 31, 1942 - 12:02:54 PM ET Mercury Retrograde

June 1942

Jun 01, 1942 - 8:25:57 PM ET Venus enters Taurus
Jun 05, 1942 - 5:26:12 PM ET Last Quarter Moon in Pisces
Jun 08, 1942 - 7:44:09 AM ET Neptune Direct
Jun 10, 1942 - 6:35:40 AM ET Jupiter enters Cancer
Jun 11, 1942 - 3:11:57 AM ET Pallas Retrograde
Jun 13, 1942 - 5:01:38 PM ET New Moon in Gemini
Jun 13, 1942 - 11:08:13 PM ET Vesta Retrograde
Jun 13, 1942 - 11:55:27 PM ET Mars enters Leo
Jun 21, 1942 - 4:59:02 AM ET Ceres enters Aries
Jun 21, 1942 - 4:44:24 PM ET First Quarter Moon in Virgo
Jun 21, 1942 - 9:16:12 PM ET Sun enters Cancer (Summer Solstice)
Jun 24, 1942 - 11:53:57 AM ET Mercury Direct
Jun 27, 1942 - 6:18:18 PM ET Venus enters Gemini
Jun 28, 1942 - 8:09:18 AM ET Full Moon in Capricorn

July 1942

Jul 02, 1942 - 11:53:44 AM ET Juno Direct
Jul 05, 1942 - 4:58:14 AM ET Last Quarter Moon in Aries
Jul 12, 1942 - 4:23:59 PM ET Mercury enters Cancer
Jul 13, 1942 - 8:03:06 AM ET New Moon in Cancer
Jul 21, 1942 - 1:12:33 AM ET First Quarter Moon in Libra
Jul 23, 1942 - 2:09:56 AM ET Venus enters Cancer
Jul 23, 1942 - 8:07:23 AM ET Sun enters Leo
Jul 27, 1942 - 3:13:37 PM ET Full Moon in Aquarius
Jul 29, 1942 - 12:23:35 AM ET Mercury enters Leo
Jul 30, 1942 - 7:43:27 AM ET Ceres Retrograde

August 1942

Aug 01, 1942 - 4:26:50 AM ET Mars enters Virgo
Aug 03, 1942 - 7:03:57 PM ET Last Quarter Moon in Taurus
Aug 11, 1942 - 10:27:39 PM ET Partial Solar Eclipse (New Moon) in Leo
Aug 12, 1942 - 9:47:33 PM ET Mercury enters Virgo
Aug 16, 1942 - 11:04:07 PM ET Venus enters Leo
Aug 19, 1942 - 7:30:28 AM ET First Quarter Moon in Scorpio
Aug 20, 1942 - 6:01:27 AM ET Vesta Rx enters Capricorn
Aug 23, 1942 - 2:58:11 PM ET Sun enters Virgo
Aug 25, 1942 - 11:46:03 PM ET Total Lunar Eclipse (Full Moon) in Pisces
Aug 31, 1942 - 4:27:13 AM ET Mercury enters Libra

September 1942

Sep 02, 1942 - 11:41:41 AM ET Last Quarter Moon in Gemini
Sep 05, 1942 - 6:04:40 PM ET Ceres Rx enters Pisces
Sep 09, 1942 - 3:19:51 PM ET Vesta Direct
Sep 10, 1942 - 3:41:44 AM ET Uranus Retrograde
Sep 10, 1942 - 10:37:42 AM ET Venus enters Virgo
Sep 10, 1942 - 11:52:40 AM ET Partial Solar Eclipse (New Moon) in Virgo
Sep 17, 1942 - 6:10:29 AM ET Mars enters Libra
Sep 17, 1942 - 12:56:32 PM ET First Quarter Moon in Sagittarius
Sep 23, 1942 - 12:16:24 PM ET Sun enters Libra (Autumn Equinox)
Sep 24, 1942 - 10:34:05 AM ET Full Moon in Aries
Sep 25, 1942 - 1:38:24 AM ET Saturn Retrograde
Sep 28, 1942 - 12:12:25 PM ET Mercury Retrograde
Sep 30, 1942 - 11:03:12 AM ET Vesta enters Aquarius

October 1942

Oct 02, 1942 - 6:26:45 AM ET Last Quarter Moon in Cancer
Oct 03, 1942 - 12:56:53 PM ET Neptune enters Libra
Oct 04, 1942 - 2:57:27 PM ET Venus enters Libra
Oct 06, 1942 - 11:31:34 AM ET Pallas Direct
Oct 10, 1942 - 12:06:24 AM ET New Moon in Libra
Oct 16, 1942 - 6:58:19 PM ET First Quarter Moon in Capricorn
Oct 19, 1942 - 8:21:38 PM ET Mercury Direct
Oct 22, 1942 - 2:30:36 PM ET Juno enters Sagittarius
Oct 23, 1942 - 9:15:08 PM ET Sun enters Scorpio
Oct 24, 1942 - 12:05:13 AM ET Full Moon in Taurus
Oct 28, 1942 - 2:40:26 PM ET Venus enters Scorpio

November 1942

Nov 01, 1942 - 2:18:04 AM ET Last Quarter Moon in Leo
Nov 01, 1942 - 6:36:00 PM ET Mars enters Scorpio
Nov 06, 1942 - 9:44:14 PM ET Mercury enters Scorpio
Nov 08, 1942 - 10:38:50 AM ET Pluto Retrograde
Nov 08, 1942 - 11:18:59 AM ET New Moon in Scorpio
Nov 10, 1942 - 12:51:09 AM ET Ceres Direct
Nov 12, 1942 - 10:25:02 AM ET Jupiter Retrograde
Nov 15, 1942 - 2:56:34 AM ET First Quarter Moon in Aquarius
Nov 21, 1942 - 2:14:47 AM ET True Node Rx enters Leo
Nov 21, 1942 - 12:07:14 PM ET Venus enters Sagittarius
Nov 22, 1942 - 4:24:10 PM ET Full Moon in Taurus
Nov 22, 1942 - 6:30:20 PM ET Sun enters Sagittarius
Nov 25, 1942 - 4:25:31 PM ET Mercury enters Sagittarius
Nov 30, 1942 - 9:36:48 PM ET Last Quarter Moon in Virgo

December 1942

Dec 07, 1942 - 9:59:16 PM ET New Moon in Sagittarius
Dec 13, 1942 - 10:22:16 AM ET Chiron Retrograde
Dec 14, 1942 - 1:47:18 PM ET First Quarter Moon in Pisces
Dec 14, 1942 - 6:21:12 PM ET Mercury enters Capricorn
Dec 15, 1942 - 8:52:39 AM ET Venus enters Capricorn
Dec 15, 1942 - 12:50:53 PM ET Mars enters Sagittarius
Dec 22, 1942 - 7:39:30 AM ET Sun enters Capricorn (Winter Solstice)
Dec 22, 1942 - 11:03:08 AM ET Full Moon in Cancer
Dec 29, 1942 - 8:49:09 PM ET Vesta enters Pisces
Dec 30, 1942 - 2:37:02 PM ET Last Quarter Moon in Libra

Starmap1942

Every Celestial Event Mapped to the Millisecond