Across 1948, the sky delivered 12 full moons and 4 eclipses. The eclipses fell: a partial lunar eclipse in Scorpio on April 23, a hybrid solar eclipse in Taurus on May 8, a penumbral lunar eclipse in Aries on October 17, and a total solar eclipse in Scorpio on November 1. Mercury turned retrograde three times (Feb 10 to Mar 3; Jun 11 to Jul 5; Oct 7 to Oct 28). The first full moon rose in Leo on January 26. 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 1948
- Last Quarter Moon in Libra
- Mars Retrograde
- New Moon in Capricorn
- Mercury enters Aquarius
- Neptune Retrograde
- Juno enters Aquarius
- Venus enters Pisces
- First Quarter Moon in Aries
- Sun enters Aquarius
- Ceres enters Taurus
- Full Moon in Leo
February 1948
- Last Quarter Moon in Scorpio
- Mercury enters Pisces
- New Moon in Aquarius
- Mercury Retrograde
- Venus enters Aries
- Mars Rx enters Leo
- First Quarter Moon in Taurus
- Sun enters Pisces
- Mercury Rx enters Aquarius
- Full Moon in Virgo
- Uranus Direct
March 1948
- Vesta Direct
- Last Quarter Moon in Sagittarius
- Mercury Direct
- Chiron Retrograde
- Venus enters Taurus
- Pallas enters Aries
- New Moon in Pisces
- Mercury enters Pisces
- First Quarter Moon in Gemini
- Sun enters Aries (Spring Equinox)
- Full Moon in Libra
- Juno enters Pisces
- Mars Direct
April 1948
- Last Quarter Moon in Capricorn
- Venus enters Gemini
- Mercury enters Aries
- New Moon in Aries
- Jupiter Retrograde
- First Quarter Moon in Cancer
- Saturn Direct
- Sun enters Taurus
- Ceres enters Gemini
- Partial Lunar Eclipse (Full Moon) in Scorpio
- Pluto Direct
- Mercury enters Taurus
May 1948
- Last Quarter Moon in Aquarius
- Venus enters Cancer
- Hybrid Solar Eclipse (New Moon) in Taurus
- Mercury enters Gemini
- Vesta enters Leo
- First Quarter Moon in Leo
- Mars enters Virgo
- Sun enters Gemini
- Full Moon in Sagittarius
- Pallas enters Taurus
- Mercury enters Cancer
- Last Quarter Moon in Pisces
June 1948
- Venus Retrograde
- New Moon in Gemini
- Mercury Retrograde
- Juno enters Aries
- First Quarter Moon in Virgo
- Neptune Direct
- Sun enters Cancer (Summer Solstice)
- Full Moon in Capricorn
- Mercury Rx enters Gemini
- Venus Rx enters Gemini
- Last Quarter Moon in Aries
July 1948
- Ceres enters Cancer
- Mercury Direct
- New Moon in Cancer
- Mercury enters Cancer
- First Quarter Moon in Libra
- Venus Direct
- Mars enters Libra
- Chiron Direct
- Full Moon in Capricorn
- Sun enters Leo
- Vesta enters Virgo
- Last Quarter Moon in Taurus
August 1948
- Mercury enters Leo
- Venus enters Cancer
- New Moon in Leo
- First Quarter Moon in Scorpio
- Pallas enters Gemini
- Jupiter Direct
- Mercury enters Virgo
- Full Moon in Aquarius
- Juno Retrograde
- Sun enters Virgo
- Last Quarter Moon in Gemini
- Uranus enters Cancer
September 1948
- New Moon in Virgo
- Mars enters Scorpio
- Mercury enters Libra
- Venus enters Leo
- First Quarter Moon in Sagittarius
- Ceres enters Leo
- Full Moon in Pisces
- Saturn enters Virgo
- Sun enters Libra (Autumn Equinox)
- Vesta enters Libra
- Last Quarter Moon in Cancer
- Mercury enters Scorpio
October 1948
- New Moon in Libra
- Uranus Retrograde
- Venus enters Virgo
- Mercury Retrograde
- First Quarter Moon in Capricorn
- Mercury Rx enters Libra
- Mars enters Sagittarius
- Penumbral Lunar Eclipse (Full Moon) in Aries
- Pallas Retrograde
- Sun enters Scorpio
- Last Quarter Moon in Leo
- Mercury Direct
November 1948
- Total Solar Eclipse (New Moon) in Scorpio
- Venus enters Libra
- First Quarter Moon in Aquarius
- Mercury enters Scorpio
- Juno Direct
- Uranus Rx enters Gemini
- Jupiter enters Capricorn
- Full Moon in Taurus
- Pluto Retrograde
- Sun enters Sagittarius
- Last Quarter Moon in Virgo
- Vesta enters Scorpio
- Venus enters Scorpio
- Mars enters Capricorn
- Chiron enters Sagittarius
- Mercury enters Sagittarius
- New Moon in Sagittarius
December 1948
- First Quarter Moon in Pisces
- Pallas Rx enters Taurus
- Full Moon in Gemini
- Saturn Retrograde
- Mercury enters Capricorn
- Venus enters Sagittarius
- Sun enters Capricorn (Winter Solstice)
- Last Quarter Moon in Libra
- Ceres Retrograde
- New Moon in Capricorn