1968 brought 12 full moons and 4 eclipses. The eclipses fell: a partial solar eclipse in Aries on March 28, a total lunar eclipse in Libra on April 12, a total solar eclipse in Virgo on September 22, and a total lunar eclipse in Aries on October 6. Mercury turned retrograde three times (Feb 6 to Feb 28; Jun 6 to Jun 30; Oct 3 to Oct 24). The first full moon rose in Cancer on January 15. 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 1968
- Venus enters Sagittarius
- Vesta enters Aquarius
- Uranus Retrograde
- First Quarter Moon in Aries
- Mars enters Pisces
- Mercury enters Aquarius
- Full Moon in Cancer
- Ceres enters Scorpio
- Sun enters Aquarius
- Last Quarter Moon in Scorpio
- Pallas Retrograde
- Venus enters Capricorn
- New Moon in Aquarius
February 1968
- Mercury enters Pisces
- First Quarter Moon in Taurus
- Mercury Retrograde
- Mercury Rx enters Aquarius
- Full Moon in Leo
- Mars enters Aries
- Sun enters Pisces
- Pallas Rx enters Virgo
- Venus enters Aquarius
- Last Quarter Moon in Sagittarius
- Jupiter Rx enters Leo
- Neptune Retrograde
- New Moon in Pisces
- Mercury Direct
- Juno Retrograde
March 1968
- Vesta enters Pisces
- Ceres Retrograde
- First Quarter Moon in Gemini
- Full Moon in Virgo
- Venus enters Pisces
- Mercury enters Pisces
- Sun enters Aries (Spring Equinox)
- Last Quarter Moon in Capricorn
- Mars enters Taurus
- Partial Solar Eclipse (New Moon) in Aries
April 1968
- Chiron enters Aries
- First Quarter Moon in Cancer
- Mercury enters Aries
- Venus enters Aries
- Total Lunar Eclipse (Full Moon) in Libra
- Ceres Rx enters Libra
- Last Quarter Moon in Capricorn
- Sun enters Taurus
- Jupiter Direct
- Mercury enters Taurus
- New Moon in Taurus
- Pallas Direct
May 1968
- Vesta enters Aries
- Venus enters Taurus
- First Quarter Moon in Leo
- Mercury enters Gemini
- Mars enters Gemini
- Full Moon in Scorpio
- Last Quarter Moon in Aquarius
- Sun enters Gemini
- Juno Rx enters Libra
- New Moon in Gemini
- Venus enters Gemini
- Mercury enters Cancer
- Pluto Direct
June 1968
- Uranus Direct
- First Quarter Moon in Virgo
- Mercury Retrograde
- Ceres Direct
- Full Moon in Sagittarius
- Mercury Rx enters Gemini
- Jupiter enters Virgo
- Last Quarter Moon in Pisces
- Venus enters Cancer
- Mars enters Cancer
- Juno Direct
- Sun enters Cancer (Summer Solstice)
- New Moon in Cancer
- Mercury Direct
July 1968
- First Quarter Moon in Libra
- Chiron Retrograde
- Full Moon in Capricorn
- Mercury enters Cancer
- Venus enters Leo
- Pallas enters Libra
- Last Quarter Moon in Aries
- Sun enters Leo
- Juno enters Scorpio
- Vesta enters Taurus
- New Moon in Leo
- Ceres enters Scorpio
- Mercury enters Leo
August 1968
- First Quarter Moon in Scorpio
- Neptune Direct
- Mars enters Leo
- Saturn Retrograde
- Full Moon in Aquarius
- Venus enters Virgo
- Mercury enters Virgo
- Last Quarter Moon in Taurus
- Sun enters Virgo
- New Moon in Virgo
- First Quarter Moon in Sagittarius
September 1968
- Mercury enters Libra
- Vesta Retrograde
- Venus enters Libra
- Full Moon in Pisces
- Last Quarter Moon in Gemini
- Mars enters Virgo
- Total Solar Eclipse (New Moon) in Virgo
- Sun enters Libra (Autumn Equinox)
- Venus enters Scorpio
- Mercury enters Scorpio
- Uranus enters Libra
- First Quarter Moon in Capricorn
- Pallas enters Scorpio
October 1968
- Mercury Retrograde
- Total Lunar Eclipse (Full Moon) in Aries
- Mercury Rx enters Libra
- Vesta Rx enters Aries
- Last Quarter Moon in Cancer
- Chiron Rx enters Pisces
- Venus enters Sagittarius
- New Moon in Libra
- Ceres enters Sagittarius
- Sun enters Scorpio
- Mercury Direct
- First Quarter Moon in Aquarius
November 1968
- Full Moon in Taurus
- Mercury enters Scorpio
- Mars enters Libra
- Juno enters Sagittarius
- Last Quarter Moon in Leo
- Venus enters Capricorn
- Jupiter enters Libra
- New Moon in Scorpio
- Sun enters Sagittarius
- First Quarter Moon in Pisces
- Mercury enters Sagittarius
December 1968
- Full Moon in Gemini
- Vesta Direct
- Pallas enters Sagittarius
- Venus enters Aquarius
- Chiron Direct
- Last Quarter Moon in Virgo
- Mercury enters Capricorn
- New Moon in Sagittarius
- Saturn Direct
- Sun enters Capricorn (Winter Solstice)
- First Quarter Moon in Aries
- Pluto Retrograde
- Mars enters Scorpio