What were the 1971 eclipse dates and times?

1971 had 5 eclipses: Total Lunar Eclipse on February 10, 1971 at 2:41:22 AM ET; Partial Solar Eclipse on February 25, 1971 at 4:48:33 AM ET; Partial Solar Eclipse on July 22, 1971 at 5:14:57 AM ET; Total Lunar Eclipse on August 6, 1971 at 3:42:20 PM ET; Partial Solar Eclipse on August 20, 1971 at 6:53:20 PM ET. Every instant lands on the millisecond - Times mark the exact lunation instant of each eclipse.

When were the 1971 solstices and equinoxes?

Spring Equinox: March 21, 1971 at 1:38:06 AM ET; Summer Solstice: June 21, 1971 at 9:19:34 PM ET; Autumn Equinox: September 23, 1971 at 12:44:51 PM ET; Winter Solstice: December 22, 1971 at 7:23:53 AM ET.

When was Mercury retrograde in 1971?

Mercury stationed retrograde 3 times in 1971: April 9, 1971, August 12, 1971, December 2, 1971. The exact station instants are on the calendar above.

How many full moons were there in 1971?

1971 had 13 full moons. The first was the Full Moon in Cancer on January 11, 1971 at 8:20:17 AM 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.

STARMAP | 1971 Astrology Calendar - Every Event to the Second

1971 brought 13 full moons and 5 eclipses. The eclipses fell: a total lunar eclipse in Leo on February 10, a partial solar eclipse in Pisces on February 25, a partial solar eclipse in Cancer on July 22, a total lunar eclipse in Aquarius on August 6, and a partial solar eclipse in Leo on August 20. Mercury turned retrograde three times (Apr 9 to May 3; Aug 12 to Sep 5; Dec 2 to Dec 22). The first full moon rose in Cancer on January 11. December 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 1971

Jan 01, 1971 - 5:05:51 PM ET Pluto Retrograde
Jan 02, 1971 - 6:35:59 PM ET Mercury Rx enters Sagittarius
Jan 03, 1971 - 11:54:54 PM ET First Quarter Moon in Aries
Jan 06, 1971 - 7:59:51 PM ET Venus enters Sagittarius
Jan 07, 1971 - 11:36:01 PM ET Mercury Direct
Jan 11, 1971 - 8:20:17 AM ET Full Moon in Cancer
Jan 13, 1971 - 9:16:14 PM ET Mercury enters Capricorn
Jan 14, 1971 - 3:48:56 AM ET Jupiter enters Sagittarius
Jan 17, 1971 - 8:01:05 AM ET Saturn Direct
Jan 18, 1971 - 1:54:08 AM ET Uranus Retrograde
Jan 19, 1971 - 1:08:15 PM ET Last Quarter Moon in Libra
Jan 20, 1971 - 12:12:38 PM ET Sun enters Aquarius
Jan 22, 1971 - 8:33:46 PM ET Mars enters Sagittarius
Jan 26, 1971 - 5:55:07 PM ET New Moon in Aquarius
Jan 29, 1971 - 9:33:57 AM ET Ceres enters Taurus

February 1971

Feb 02, 1971 - 9:30:34 AM ET First Quarter Moon in Taurus
Feb 05, 1971 - 9:56:37 AM ET Venus enters Capricorn
Feb 07, 1971 - 3:51:09 PM ET Mercury enters Aquarius
Feb 10, 1971 - 2:41:22 AM ET Total Lunar Eclipse (Full Moon) in Leo
Feb 12, 1971 - 10:30:35 AM ET Vesta enters Capricorn
Feb 18, 1971 - 7:13:36 AM ET Last Quarter Moon in Scorpio
Feb 18, 1971 - 1:45:43 PM ET Juno enters Gemini
Feb 19, 1971 - 2:26:55 AM ET Sun enters Pisces
Feb 25, 1971 - 4:48:33 AM ET Partial Solar Eclipse (New Moon) in Pisces
Feb 26, 1971 - 2:56:48 AM ET Mercury enters Pisces

March 1971

Mar 03, 1971 - 9:01:02 PM ET First Quarter Moon in Gemini
Mar 03, 1971 - 9:24:04 PM ET Venus enters Aquarius
Mar 05, 1971 - 1:07:44 PM ET Neptune Retrograde
Mar 11, 1971 - 9:33:34 PM ET Full Moon in Virgo
Mar 12, 1971 - 5:11:02 AM ET Mars enters Capricorn
Mar 13, 1971 - 11:45:29 PM ET Mercury enters Aries
Mar 15, 1971 - 6:20:21 AM ET Pallas enters Aries
Mar 19, 1971 - 9:29:57 PM ET Last Quarter Moon in Sagittarius
Mar 21, 1971 - 1:38:06 AM ET Sun enters Aries (Spring Equinox)
Mar 23, 1971 - 6:33:04 AM ET Jupiter Retrograde
Mar 26, 1971 - 2:23:28 PM ET New Moon in Aries
Mar 29, 1971 - 9:01:37 AM ET Venus enters Pisces

April 1971

Apr 01, 1971 - 9:10:57 AM ET Mercury enters Taurus
Apr 02, 1971 - 10:45:47 AM ET First Quarter Moon in Cancer
Apr 09, 1971 - 12:10:49 PM ET Mercury Retrograde
Apr 10, 1971 - 3:09:56 PM ET Full Moon in Libra
Apr 18, 1971 - 7:57:49 AM ET Last Quarter Moon in Capricorn
Apr 18, 1971 - 4:51:44 PM ET Mercury Rx enters Aries
Apr 20, 1971 - 12:54:11 PM ET Sun enters Taurus
Apr 23, 1971 - 10:43:53 AM ET Venus enters Aries
Apr 24, 1971 - 5:06:27 PM ET Juno enters Cancer
Apr 24, 1971 - 11:01:39 PM ET New Moon in Taurus
Apr 26, 1971 - 12:03:00 AM ET Ceres enters Gemini
Apr 27, 1971 - 11:24:38 PM ET Vesta enters Aquarius

May 1971

May 02, 1971 - 3:33:53 AM ET First Quarter Moon in Leo
May 03, 1971 - 6:25:08 AM ET Mercury Direct
May 03, 1971 - 4:57:20 PM ET Mars enters Aquarius
May 10, 1971 - 7:23:31 AM ET Full Moon in Scorpio
May 16, 1971 - 11:32:19 PM ET Mercury enters Taurus
May 17, 1971 - 4:14:52 PM ET Last Quarter Moon in Aquarius
May 18, 1971 - 8:47:52 AM ET Venus enters Taurus
May 21, 1971 - 1:14:58 PM ET Sun enters Gemini
May 24, 1971 - 8:31:46 AM ET New Moon in Gemini
May 31, 1971 - 8:42:13 PM ET First Quarter Moon in Virgo

June 1971

Jun 03, 1971 - 10:04:26 AM ET Pallas enters Taurus
Jun 04, 1971 - 10:12:18 PM ET Jupiter Rx enters Scorpio
Jun 07, 1971 - 2:44:47 AM ET Mercury enters Gemini
Jun 07, 1971 - 11:27:54 AM ET Pluto Direct
Jun 08, 1971 - 4:07:37 PM ET Vesta Retrograde
Jun 08, 1971 - 8:03:36 PM ET Full Moon in Sagittarius
Jun 12, 1971 - 2:57:33 AM ET Venus enters Gemini
Jun 15, 1971 - 9:24:06 PM ET Last Quarter Moon in Pisces
Jun 17, 1971 - 10:51:10 AM ET Uranus Direct
Jun 18, 1971 - 12:08:25 PM ET Saturn enters Gemini
Jun 21, 1971 - 12:24:29 PM ET Mercury enters Cancer
Jun 21, 1971 - 9:19:34 PM ET Sun enters Cancer (Summer Solstice)
Jun 22, 1971 - 5:57:18 PM ET New Moon in Cancer
Jun 24, 1971 - 11:15:07 AM ET Juno enters Leo
Jun 30, 1971 - 2:10:58 PM ET First Quarter Moon in Libra

July 1971

Jul 06, 1971 - 4:53:10 AM ET Mercury enters Leo
Jul 06, 1971 - 10:53:23 AM ET Ceres enters Cancer
Jul 06, 1971 - 6:02:08 PM ET Venus enters Cancer
Jul 08, 1971 - 6:36:35 AM ET Full Moon in Capricorn
Jul 11, 1971 - 2:30:28 AM ET Mars Retrograde
Jul 15, 1971 - 1:46:42 AM ET Last Quarter Moon in Aries
Jul 17, 1971 - 11:20:25 AM ET Chiron Retrograde
Jul 20, 1971 - 3:50:24 PM ET Vesta Rx enters Capricorn
Jul 22, 1971 - 5:14:57 AM ET Partial Solar Eclipse (New Moon) in Cancer
Jul 23, 1971 - 8:14:43 AM ET Sun enters Leo
Jul 24, 1971 - 3:08:47 PM ET Jupiter Direct
Jul 26, 1971 - 1:03:16 PM ET Mercury enters Virgo
Jul 30, 1971 - 7:07:02 AM ET First Quarter Moon in Scorpio
Jul 31, 1971 - 5:14:47 AM ET Venus enters Leo

August 1971

Aug 06, 1971 - 3:42:20 PM ET Total Lunar Eclipse (Full Moon) in Aquarius
Aug 12, 1971 - 11:14:14 AM ET Neptune Direct
Aug 12, 1971 - 3:13:28 PM ET Mercury Retrograde
Aug 13, 1971 - 6:55:06 AM ET Last Quarter Moon in Taurus
Aug 20, 1971 - 6:53:20 PM ET Partial Solar Eclipse (New Moon) in Leo
Aug 23, 1971 - 3:15:14 PM ET Sun enters Virgo
Aug 24, 1971 - 12:25:01 PM ET Venus enters Virgo
Aug 27, 1971 - 4:14:51 AM ET Juno enters Virgo
Aug 28, 1971 - 10:56:05 PM ET First Quarter Moon in Sagittarius
Aug 29, 1971 - 4:41:31 PM ET Mercury Rx enters Leo

September 1971

Sep 02, 1971 - 5:19:40 PM ET Pallas enters Gemini
Sep 03, 1971 - 8:22:17 PM ET Vesta Direct
Sep 05, 1971 - 12:02:24 AM ET Full Moon in Pisces
Sep 05, 1971 - 2:02:24 AM ET Mercury Direct
Sep 09, 1971 - 9:51:21 AM ET Mars Direct
Sep 11, 1971 - 2:44:40 AM ET Mercury enters Virgo
Sep 11, 1971 - 11:32:36 AM ET Jupiter enters Sagittarius
Sep 11, 1971 - 2:23:08 PM ET Last Quarter Moon in Gemini
Sep 17, 1971 - 4:25:27 PM ET Venus enters Libra
Sep 17, 1971 - 10:18:49 PM ET Ceres enters Leo
Sep 18, 1971 - 10:17:28 PM ET Saturn Retrograde
Sep 19, 1971 - 10:42:12 AM ET New Moon in Virgo
Sep 23, 1971 - 12:44:51 PM ET Sun enters Libra (Autumn Equinox)
Sep 27, 1971 - 1:17:18 PM ET First Quarter Moon in Capricorn
Sep 30, 1971 - 5:18:33 AM ET Mercury enters Libra

October 1971

Oct 04, 1971 - 8:19:26 AM ET Full Moon in Aries
Oct 05, 1971 - 2:17:47 AM ET Pluto enters Libra
Oct 08, 1971 - 3:08:33 PM ET Pallas Retrograde
Oct 11, 1971 - 1:29:15 AM ET Last Quarter Moon in Cancer
Oct 11, 1971 - 6:42:34 PM ET Venus enters Scorpio
Oct 17, 1971 - 1:49:05 PM ET Mercury enters Scorpio
Oct 19, 1971 - 3:58:55 AM ET New Moon in Libra
Oct 19, 1971 - 4:28:13 AM ET Vesta enters Aquarius
Oct 23, 1971 - 9:53:07 PM ET Sun enters Scorpio
Oct 27, 1971 - 1:54:14 AM ET First Quarter Moon in Aquarius

November 1971

Nov 02, 1971 - 4:19:21 PM ET Full Moon in Taurus
Nov 04, 1971 - 7:30:20 PM ET Venus enters Sagittarius
Nov 06, 1971 - 1:58:52 AM ET Mercury enters Sagittarius
Nov 06, 1971 - 7:31:07 AM ET Mars enters Pisces
Nov 07, 1971 - 8:31:48 PM ET Juno enters Libra
Nov 08, 1971 - 7:28:04 PM ET Pallas Rx enters Taurus
Nov 09, 1971 - 3:51:18 PM ET Last Quarter Moon in Leo
Nov 17, 1971 - 8:45:46 PM ET New Moon in Scorpio
Nov 22, 1971 - 6:13:56 PM ET Sun enters Sagittarius
Nov 25, 1971 - 11:36:45 AM ET First Quarter Moon in Pisces
Nov 28, 1971 - 9:41:11 PM ET Venus enters Capricorn

December 1971

Dec 02, 1971 - 2:48:07 AM ET Full Moon in Gemini
Dec 02, 1971 - 9:32:42 PM ET Mercury Retrograde
Dec 09, 1971 - 11:02:22 AM ET Last Quarter Moon in Virgo
Dec 17, 1971 - 2:02:46 PM ET New Moon in Sagittarius
Dec 21, 1971 - 7:25:20 AM ET Chiron Direct
Dec 22, 1971 - 5:38:34 AM ET Ceres Retrograde
Dec 22, 1971 - 7:23:53 AM ET Sun enters Capricorn (Winter Solstice)
Dec 22, 1971 - 3:46:54 PM ET Mercury Direct
Dec 23, 1971 - 1:32:20 AM ET Venus enters Aquarius
Dec 24, 1971 - 8:34:52 PM ET First Quarter Moon in Aries
Dec 26, 1971 - 1:04:17 PM ET Mars enters Aries
Dec 31, 1971 - 3:19:31 PM ET Full Moon in Cancer

Starmap1971

Every Celestial Event Mapped to the Millisecond