What were the 1949 eclipse dates and times?

1949 had 4 eclipses: Total Lunar Eclipse on April 12, 1949 at 11:08:24 PM ET; Partial Solar Eclipse on April 28, 1949 at 4:02:13 AM ET; Total Lunar Eclipse on October 6, 1949 at 9:52:33 PM ET; Partial Solar Eclipse on October 21, 1949 at 4:22:47 PM ET. Every instant lands on the millisecond - Times mark the exact lunation instant of each eclipse.

When were the 1949 solstices and equinoxes?

Spring Equinox: March 20, 1949 at 5:47:59 PM ET; Summer Solstice: June 21, 1949 at 2:02:42 PM ET; Autumn Equinox: September 23, 1949 at 5:05:47 AM ET; Winter Solstice: December 21, 1949 at 11:22:50 PM ET.

When was Mercury retrograde in 1949?

Mercury stationed retrograde 3 times in 1949: January 24, 1949, May 22, 1949, September 20, 1949. The exact station instants are on the calendar above.

How many full moons were there in 1949?

1949 had 12 full moons. The first was the Full Moon in Cancer on January 14, 1949 at 4:59:28 PM 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 | 1949 Astrology Calendar - Every Event to the Second

1949 had 12 full moons and 4 eclipses. The eclipses fell: a total lunar eclipse in Libra on April 12, a partial solar eclipse in Taurus on April 28, a total lunar eclipse in Aries on October 6, and a partial solar eclipse in Libra on October 21. Mercury turned retrograde three times (Jan 24 to Feb 14; May 22 to Jun 15; Sep 20 to Oct 12). The first full moon rose in Cancer on January 14. 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 1949

Jan 04, 1949 - 12:49:41 PM ET Mars enters Aquarius
Jan 06, 1949 - 3:52:31 AM ET Mercury enters Aquarius
Jan 07, 1949 - 6:51:30 AM ET First Quarter Moon in Aries
Jan 08, 1949 - 4:57:21 PM ET Pallas Direct
Jan 13, 1949 - 4:00:34 AM ET Venus enters Capricorn
Jan 14, 1949 - 4:59:28 PM ET Full Moon in Cancer
Jan 16, 1949 - 4:37:09 AM ET Neptune Retrograde
Jan 20, 1949 - 4:08:32 AM ET Sun enters Aquarius
Jan 21, 1949 - 9:07:22 AM ET Last Quarter Moon in Scorpio
Jan 24, 1949 - 3:17:05 PM ET Mercury Retrograde
Jan 24, 1949 - 3:59:28 PM ET Vesta enters Sagittarius
Jan 25, 1949 - 6:54:44 PM ET True Node Rx enters Aries
Jan 28, 1949 - 9:42:08 PM ET New Moon in Aquarius

February 1949

Feb 05, 1949 - 12:26:06 PM ET Pallas enters Gemini
Feb 06, 1949 - 3:05:04 AM ET First Quarter Moon in Taurus
Feb 06, 1949 - 4:05:20 AM ET Venus enters Aquarius
Feb 10, 1949 - 10:07:49 PM ET Juno enters Taurus
Feb 11, 1949 - 1:05:21 PM ET Mars enters Pisces
Feb 13, 1949 - 4:08:14 AM ET Full Moon in Leo
Feb 14, 1949 - 6:44:53 PM ET Mercury Direct
Feb 18, 1949 - 6:27:02 PM ET Sun enters Pisces
Feb 19, 1949 - 7:42:53 PM ET Last Quarter Moon in Sagittarius
Feb 27, 1949 - 3:54:42 PM ET New Moon in Pisces

March 1949

Mar 02, 1949 - 4:38:01 AM ET Venus enters Pisces
Mar 04, 1949 - 11:08:43 PM ET Uranus Direct
Mar 07, 1949 - 7:42:04 PM ET First Quarter Moon in Gemini
Mar 14, 1949 - 4:51:27 AM ET Mercury enters Pisces
Mar 14, 1949 - 2:02:48 PM ET Full Moon in Virgo
Mar 20, 1949 - 5:47:59 PM ET Sun enters Aries (Spring Equinox)
Mar 20, 1949 - 10:15:38 PM ET Chiron Retrograde
Mar 21, 1949 - 8:10:19 AM ET Last Quarter Moon in Capricorn
Mar 21, 1949 - 5:02:03 PM ET Mars enters Aries
Mar 25, 1949 - 10:09:17 AM ET Ceres Direct
Mar 26, 1949 - 6:53:48 AM ET Venus enters Aries
Mar 29, 1949 - 10:10:37 AM ET New Moon in Aries

April 1949

Apr 01, 1949 - 11:01:50 AM ET Mercury enters Aries
Apr 02, 1949 - 10:40:37 PM ET Saturn Rx enters Leo
Apr 06, 1949 - 8:01:18 AM ET First Quarter Moon in Cancer
Apr 07, 1949 - 2:04:33 AM ET Juno enters Gemini
Apr 12, 1949 - 2:17:18 PM ET Jupiter enters Aquarius
Apr 12, 1949 - 11:08:24 PM ET Total Lunar Eclipse (Full Moon) in Libra
Apr 14, 1949 - 9:09:16 PM ET Pallas enters Cancer
Apr 16, 1949 - 9:55:18 AM ET Mercury enters Taurus
Apr 19, 1949 - 11:43:36 AM ET Venus enters Taurus
Apr 19, 1949 - 10:27:08 PM ET Last Quarter Moon in Capricorn
Apr 20, 1949 - 5:17:13 AM ET Sun enters Taurus
Apr 26, 1949 - 10:03:11 AM ET Pluto Direct
Apr 28, 1949 - 4:02:13 AM ET Partial Solar Eclipse (New Moon) in Taurus
Apr 29, 1949 - 10:32:32 PM ET Mars enters Taurus
Apr 30, 1949 - 5:58:14 AM ET Vesta Retrograde

May 1949

May 01, 1949 - 4:34:17 AM ET Saturn Direct
May 01, 1949 - 10:19:00 PM ET Mercury enters Gemini
May 05, 1949 - 5:32:57 PM ET First Quarter Moon in Leo
May 12, 1949 - 8:50:45 AM ET Full Moon in Scorpio
May 13, 1949 - 8:25:25 PM ET Venus enters Gemini
May 19, 1949 - 3:22:03 PM ET Last Quarter Moon in Aquarius
May 20, 1949 - 11:33:53 AM ET Jupiter Retrograde
May 21, 1949 - 5:50:37 AM ET Sun enters Gemini
May 22, 1949 - 10:16:21 PM ET Mercury Retrograde
May 27, 1949 - 6:23:49 PM ET New Moon in Gemini
May 29, 1949 - 8:56:35 AM ET Saturn enters Virgo
May 30, 1949 - 5:09:15 AM ET Juno enters Cancer

June 1949

Jun 03, 1949 - 11:27:16 PM ET First Quarter Moon in Virgo
Jun 07, 1949 - 6:47:08 AM ET Venus enters Cancer
Jun 09, 1949 - 8:56:39 PM ET Mars enters Gemini
Jun 10, 1949 - 12:04:48 AM ET Uranus enters Cancer
Jun 10, 1949 - 3:58:40 AM ET Pallas enters Leo
Jun 10, 1949 - 5:45:13 PM ET Full Moon in Sagittarius
Jun 15, 1949 - 8:08:00 PM ET Mercury Direct
Jun 17, 1949 - 3:22:52 AM ET Ceres enters Virgo
Jun 18, 1949 - 8:29:13 AM ET Last Quarter Moon in Pisces
Jun 21, 1949 - 2:02:42 PM ET Sun enters Cancer (Summer Solstice)
Jun 23, 1949 - 4:46:57 PM ET Neptune Direct
Jun 26, 1949 - 6:01:57 AM ET New Moon in Cancer
Jun 27, 1949 - 2:30:11 PM ET Jupiter Rx enters Capricorn

July 1949

Jul 01, 1949 - 7:40:26 PM ET Venus enters Leo
Jul 03, 1949 - 4:07:38 AM ET First Quarter Moon in Libra
Jul 09, 1949 - 11:19:26 PM ET Mercury enters Cancer
Jul 10, 1949 - 3:41:09 AM ET Full Moon in Capricorn
Jul 18, 1949 - 2:01:31 AM ET Last Quarter Moon in Aries
Jul 23, 1949 - 12:56:39 AM ET Sun enters Leo
Jul 23, 1949 - 1:53:57 AM ET Mars enters Cancer
Jul 24, 1949 - 2:45:17 AM ET Vesta Direct
Jul 24, 1949 - 5:32:09 PM ET Juno enters Leo
Jul 25, 1949 - 1:19:44 AM ET Mercury enters Leo
Jul 25, 1949 - 3:33:03 PM ET New Moon in Leo
Jul 26, 1949 - 11:43:26 AM ET Venus enters Virgo

August 1949

Aug 01, 1949 - 8:57:28 AM ET First Quarter Moon in Scorpio
Aug 03, 1949 - 8:55:25 PM ET Chiron Direct
Aug 06, 1949 - 11:14:51 PM ET Pallas enters Virgo
Aug 08, 1949 - 3:33:15 PM ET Full Moon in Aquarius
Aug 09, 1949 - 5:04:14 AM ET Mercury enters Virgo
Aug 16, 1949 - 6:58:40 PM ET Last Quarter Moon in Taurus
Aug 20, 1949 - 8:38:30 AM ET Venus enters Libra
Aug 23, 1949 - 7:48:11 AM ET Sun enters Virgo
Aug 23, 1949 - 11:59:00 PM ET New Moon in Virgo
Aug 28, 1949 - 11:47:29 AM ET Mercury enters Libra
Aug 28, 1949 - 5:42:29 PM ET Ceres enters Libra
Aug 30, 1949 - 3:16:22 PM ET First Quarter Moon in Sagittarius

September 1949

Sep 07, 1949 - 12:51:21 AM ET Mars enters Leo
Sep 07, 1949 - 5:59:21 AM ET Full Moon in Pisces
Sep 14, 1949 - 1:11:59 PM ET Venus enters Scorpio
Sep 15, 1949 - 10:28:54 AM ET Last Quarter Moon in Gemini
Sep 18, 1949 - 2:47:18 PM ET Jupiter Direct
Sep 20, 1949 - 11:49:08 PM ET Mercury Retrograde
Sep 22, 1949 - 8:20:57 AM ET New Moon in Virgo
Sep 23, 1949 - 5:05:47 AM ET Sun enters Libra (Autumn Equinox)
Sep 24, 1949 - 7:49:25 AM ET Juno enters Virgo
Sep 28, 1949 - 11:18:21 PM ET First Quarter Moon in Capricorn

October 1949

Oct 03, 1949 - 6:37:11 AM ET Vesta enters Capricorn
Oct 06, 1949 - 9:52:33 PM ET Total Lunar Eclipse (Full Moon) in Aries
Oct 07, 1949 - 12:58:08 PM ET Pallas enters Libra
Oct 10, 1949 - 5:18:05 AM ET Venus enters Sagittarius
Oct 11, 1949 - 12:13:43 AM ET Uranus Retrograde
Oct 12, 1949 - 2:44:28 PM ET Mercury Direct
Oct 14, 1949 - 11:05:45 PM ET Last Quarter Moon in Cancer
Oct 21, 1949 - 4:22:47 PM ET Partial Solar Eclipse (New Moon) in Libra
Oct 23, 1949 - 1:02:56 PM ET Sun enters Scorpio
Oct 26, 1949 - 7:58:09 PM ET Mars enters Virgo
Oct 28, 1949 - 12:04:15 PM ET First Quarter Moon in Aquarius

November 1949

Nov 03, 1949 - 1:57:42 PM ET Mercury enters Scorpio
Nov 03, 1949 - 2:28:48 PM ET Ceres enters Scorpio
Nov 05, 1949 - 4:09:00 PM ET Full Moon in Taurus
Nov 05, 1949 - 11:53:01 PM ET Venus enters Capricorn
Nov 13, 1949 - 10:47:32 AM ET Last Quarter Moon in Leo
Nov 19, 1949 - 1:15:32 PM ET Pluto Retrograde
Nov 20, 1949 - 2:29:04 AM ET New Moon in Scorpio
Nov 22, 1949 - 4:06:26 AM ET Mercury enters Sagittarius
Nov 22, 1949 - 10:16:01 AM ET Sun enters Sagittarius
Nov 27, 1949 - 5:01:11 AM ET First Quarter Moon in Pisces
Nov 30, 1949 - 3:07:29 PM ET Jupiter enters Aquarius

December 1949

Dec 05, 1949 - 10:13:28 AM ET Full Moon in Gemini
Dec 06, 1949 - 1:05:27 AM ET Venus enters Aquarius
Dec 09, 1949 - 9:59:28 PM ET Vesta enters Aquarius
Dec 11, 1949 - 8:37:12 AM ET Mercury enters Capricorn
Dec 12, 1949 - 8:48:00 PM ET Last Quarter Moon in Virgo
Dec 15, 1949 - 7:25:00 PM ET Pallas enters Scorpio
Dec 17, 1949 - 11:18:28 AM ET Juno enters Libra
Dec 19, 1949 - 1:55:35 PM ET New Moon in Sagittarius
Dec 21, 1949 - 11:22:50 PM ET Sun enters Capricorn (Winter Solstice)
Dec 26, 1949 - 12:23:08 AM ET Mars enters Libra
Dec 27, 1949 - 1:31:27 AM ET First Quarter Moon in Aries
Dec 29, 1949 - 11:03:53 PM ET Saturn Retrograde

Starmap1949

Every Celestial Event Mapped to the Millisecond