1950 brought 13 full moons and 4 eclipses. The eclipses fell: an annular solar eclipse in Pisces on March 18, a total lunar eclipse in Libra on April 2, a total solar eclipse in Virgo on September 11, and a total lunar eclipse in Aries on September 25. Mercury turned retrograde four times (Jan 8 to Jan 29; May 3 to May 27; Sep 3 to Sep 26; Dec 23 onward). The first full moon rose in Cancer on January 4. May 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 1950
- Mercury enters Aquarius
- Full Moon in Cancer
- Mercury Retrograde
- Venus Retrograde
- Last Quarter Moon in Libra
- Ceres enters Sagittarius
- Mercury Rx enters Capricorn
- New Moon in Capricorn
- Neptune Retrograde
- Sun enters Aquarius
- Juno Retrograde
- First Quarter Moon in Taurus
- Mercury Direct
February 1950
- Full Moon in Leo
- Vesta enters Pisces
- Last Quarter Moon in Scorpio
- Mars Retrograde
- Mercury enters Aquarius
- New Moon in Aquarius
- Sun enters Pisces
- Venus Direct
- First Quarter Moon in Gemini
March 1950
- Juno Rx enters Virgo
- Full Moon in Virgo
- Mercury enters Pisces
- Uranus Direct
- Last Quarter Moon in Sagittarius
- Pallas Retrograde
- Annular Solar Eclipse (New Moon) in Pisces
- Sun enters Aries (Spring Equinox)
- Mercury enters Aries
- First Quarter Moon in Cancer
- Mars Rx enters Virgo
April 1950
- Chiron Retrograde
- Total Lunar Eclipse (Full Moon) in Libra
- Venus enters Pisces
- Mercury enters Taurus
- Last Quarter Moon in Capricorn
- Vesta enters Aries
- Ceres Retrograde
- Jupiter enters Pisces
- New Moon in Aries
- Sun enters Taurus
- First Quarter Moon in Leo
- Pluto Direct
May 1950
- Full Moon in Scorpio
- Mars Direct
- Mercury Retrograde
- Venus enters Aries
- Juno Direct
- Last Quarter Moon in Aquarius
- Saturn Direct
- New Moon in Taurus
- Sun enters Gemini
- First Quarter Moon in Virgo
- Mercury Direct
- Full Moon in Sagittarius
June 1950
- Venus enters Taurus
- Last Quarter Moon in Pisces
- Mars enters Libra
- Mercury enters Gemini
- New Moon in Gemini
- Vesta enters Taurus
- Sun enters Cancer (Summer Solstice)
- Pallas Direct
- First Quarter Moon in Libra
- Neptune Direct
- Jupiter Retrograde
- Venus enters Gemini
- Full Moon in Capricorn
July 1950
- Mercury enters Cancer
- Last Quarter Moon in Aries
- New Moon in Cancer
- Mercury enters Leo
- Juno enters Libra
- First Quarter Moon in Libra
- Venus enters Cancer
- Sun enters Leo
- Ceres Direct
- True Node Rx enters Pisces
- Full Moon in Aquarius
August 1950
- Mercury enters Virgo
- Last Quarter Moon in Taurus
- Mars enters Scorpio
- New Moon in Leo
- Venus enters Leo
- Chiron Direct
- First Quarter Moon in Scorpio
- Sun enters Virgo
- Mercury enters Libra
- Full Moon in Pisces
September 1950
- Mercury Retrograde
- Last Quarter Moon in Gemini
- Venus enters Virgo
- Mercury Rx enters Virgo
- Total Solar Eclipse (New Moon) in Virgo
- Jupiter Rx enters Aquarius
- Vesta Retrograde
- First Quarter Moon in Sagittarius
- Sun enters Libra (Autumn Equinox)
- Mars enters Sagittarius
- Total Lunar Eclipse (Full Moon) in Aries
- Mercury Direct
October 1950
- Venus enters Libra
- Last Quarter Moon in Cancer
- Mercury enters Libra
- New Moon in Libra
- Pallas enters Sagittarius
- Uranus Retrograde
- First Quarter Moon in Capricorn
- Juno enters Scorpio
- Sun enters Scorpio
- Jupiter Direct
- Full Moon in Taurus
- Mercury enters Scorpio
- Venus enters Scorpio
November 1950
- Last Quarter Moon in Leo
- Mars enters Capricorn
- Ceres enters Capricorn
- New Moon in Scorpio
- Mercury enters Sagittarius
- First Quarter Moon in Aquarius
- Saturn enters Libra
- Venus enters Sagittarius
- Pluto Retrograde
- Sun enters Sagittarius
- Full Moon in Gemini
December 1950
- Jupiter enters Pisces
- Last Quarter Moon in Virgo
- Mercury enters Capricorn
- New Moon in Sagittarius
- Venus enters Capricorn
- Mars enters Aquarius
- First Quarter Moon in Pisces
- Sun enters Capricorn (Winter Solstice)
- Mercury Retrograde
- Full Moon in Cancer
- Vesta Direct
- Pallas enters Capricorn