Across 1954, the sky delivered 12 full moons and 5 eclipses. The eclipses fell: an annular solar eclipse in Capricorn on January 4, a total lunar eclipse in Cancer on January 18, a total solar eclipse in Cancer on June 30, a partial lunar eclipse in Capricorn on July 15, and an annular solar eclipse in Capricorn on December 25. Mercury turned retrograde three times (Feb 20 to Mar 14; Jun 22 to Jul 17; Oct 18 to Nov 7). The first full moon rose in Cancer on January 18. 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 1954
- Pallas Retrograde
- Annular Solar Eclipse (New Moon) in Capricorn
- First Quarter Moon in Aries
- Mercury enters Aquarius
- Total Lunar Eclipse (Full Moon) in Cancer
- Sun enters Aquarius
- Venus enters Aquarius
- Last Quarter Moon in Scorpio
- Neptune Retrograde
February 1954
- New Moon in Aquarius
- Mercury enters Pisces
- Mars enters Sagittarius
- Ceres Retrograde
- First Quarter Moon in Taurus
- Jupiter Direct
- Venus enters Pisces
- Vesta enters Aries
- Saturn Retrograde
- Full Moon in Leo
- Pallas Rx enters Leo
- Sun enters Pisces
- Mercury Retrograde
- Last Quarter Moon in Sagittarius
March 1954
- New Moon in Pisces
- Venus enters Aries
- First Quarter Moon in Gemini
- Mercury Direct
- Full Moon in Virgo
- Sun enters Aries (Spring Equinox)
- Juno Direct
- Last Quarter Moon in Capricorn
- Uranus Direct
April 1954
- New Moon in Aries
- Venus enters Taurus
- Pallas Direct
- First Quarter Moon in Cancer
- Mars enters Capricorn
- Mercury enters Aries
- Full Moon in Libra
- Sun enters Taurus
- Vesta enters Taurus
- Last Quarter Moon in Aquarius
- Venus enters Gemini
- Mercury enters Taurus
May 1954
- New Moon in Taurus
- Pluto Direct
- Chiron Retrograde
- First Quarter Moon in Leo
- Ceres Direct
- Mercury enters Gemini
- Full Moon in Scorpio
- Sun enters Gemini
- Mars Retrograde
- Venus enters Cancer
- Jupiter enters Cancer
- Last Quarter Moon in Pisces
- Pallas enters Virgo
- Mercury enters Cancer
June 1954
- New Moon in Gemini
- First Quarter Moon in Virgo
- Full Moon in Sagittarius
- Venus enters Leo
- Juno enters Virgo
- Sun enters Cancer (Summer Solstice)
- Mercury Retrograde
- Last Quarter Moon in Aries
- Total Solar Eclipse (New Moon) in Cancer
- Vesta enters Gemini
July 1954
- Mars Rx enters Sagittarius
- Neptune Direct
- Saturn Direct
- First Quarter Moon in Libra
- Venus enters Virgo
- Partial Lunar Eclipse (Full Moon) in Capricorn
- Mercury Direct
- Last Quarter Moon in Aries
- Sun enters Leo
- Mars Direct
- New Moon in Leo
August 1954
- First Quarter Moon in Scorpio
- Mercury enters Leo
- Venus enters Libra
- Full Moon in Aquarius
- Pallas enters Libra
- Last Quarter Moon in Taurus
- Mercury enters Virgo
- Sun enters Virgo
- Mars enters Capricorn
- New Moon in Virgo
September 1954
- First Quarter Moon in Sagittarius
- Venus enters Scorpio
- Ceres enters Scorpio
- Mercury enters Libra
- Juno enters Libra
- Full Moon in Pisces
- Last Quarter Moon in Gemini
- Sun enters Libra (Autumn Equinox)
- New Moon in Libra
- Mercury enters Scorpio
- Chiron Direct
October 1954
- Vesta enters Cancer
- First Quarter Moon in Capricorn
- Full Moon in Aries
- Mercury Retrograde
- Last Quarter Moon in Cancer
- Mars enters Aquarius
- Pallas enters Scorpio
- Venus enters Sagittarius
- Sun enters Scorpio
- Venus Retrograde
- New Moon in Scorpio
- Venus Rx enters Scorpio
- Vesta Retrograde
November 1954
- Uranus Retrograde
- First Quarter Moon in Aquarius
- Mercury Rx enters Libra
- Mercury Direct
- Full Moon in Taurus
- Mercury enters Scorpio
- Jupiter Retrograde
- Last Quarter Moon in Leo
- Ceres enters Sagittarius
- Vesta Rx enters Gemini
- Sun enters Sagittarius
- New Moon in Sagittarius
- Pluto Retrograde
December 1954
- Juno enters Scorpio
- First Quarter Moon in Pisces
- Mercury enters Sagittarius
- Mars enters Pisces
- Venus Direct
- Full Moon in Gemini
- Last Quarter Moon in Virgo
- Sun enters Capricorn (Winter Solstice)
- Mercury enters Capricorn
- Annular Solar Eclipse (New Moon) in Capricorn
- Pallas enters Sagittarius