Across 1972, the sky delivered 12 full moons and 4 eclipses. The eclipses fell: an annular solar eclipse in Capricorn on January 16, a total lunar eclipse in Leo on January 30, a total solar eclipse in Cancer on July 10, and a partial lunar eclipse in Aquarius on July 26. Mercury turned retrograde three times (Mar 21 to Apr 13; Jul 24 to Aug 17; Nov 15 to Dec 5). The first full moon rose in Leo on January 30. 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 1972
- Pallas Direct
- Pluto Retrograde
- Vesta enters Pisces
- Last Quarter Moon in Libra
- Saturn Rx enters Taurus
- Mercury enters Capricorn
- Annular Solar Eclipse (New Moon) in Capricorn
- Venus enters Pisces
- Sun enters Aquarius
- Uranus Retrograde
- First Quarter Moon in Taurus
- Total Lunar Eclipse (Full Moon) in Leo
- Saturn Direct
- Mercury enters Aquarius
February 1972
- Jupiter enters Capricorn
- Juno Retrograde
- Last Quarter Moon in Scorpio
- Venus enters Aries
- Mars enters Taurus
- New Moon in Aquarius
- Mercury enters Pisces
- Sun enters Pisces
- Saturn enters Gemini
- First Quarter Moon in Gemini
- Pallas enters Gemini
- Full Moon in Virgo
March 1972
- Mercury enters Aries
- Venus enters Taurus
- Neptune Retrograde
- Last Quarter Moon in Sagittarius
- Vesta enters Aries
- New Moon in Pisces
- Sun enters Aries (Spring Equinox)
- Mercury Retrograde
- First Quarter Moon in Cancer
- Ceres Direct
- Mars enters Gemini
- Full Moon in Libra
April 1972
- Venus enters Gemini
- Last Quarter Moon in Capricorn
- New Moon in Aries
- Mercury Direct
- Pluto Rx enters Virgo
- Sun enters Taurus
- First Quarter Moon in Leo
- Pallas enters Cancer
- Jupiter Retrograde
- True Node Rx enters Capricorn
- Full Moon in Scorpio
May 1972
- Last Quarter Moon in Aquarius
- Venus enters Cancer
- Mars enters Cancer
- Vesta enters Taurus
- Mercury enters Taurus
- New Moon in Taurus
- First Quarter Moon in Leo
- Sun enters Gemini
- Juno Direct
- Venus Retrograde
- Full Moon in Sagittarius
- Mercury enters Gemini
June 1972
- Last Quarter Moon in Pisces
- Pluto Direct
- New Moon in Gemini
- Venus Rx enters Gemini
- Mercury enters Cancer
- Pallas enters Leo
- First Quarter Moon in Virgo
- Ceres enters Virgo
- Sun enters Cancer (Summer Solstice)
- Uranus Direct
- Full Moon in Capricorn
- Mars enters Leo
- Mercury enters Leo
July 1972
- Last Quarter Moon in Aries
- Venus Direct
- Total Solar Eclipse (New Moon) in Cancer
- First Quarter Moon in Libra
- Chiron Retrograde
- Sun enters Leo
- Jupiter Rx enters Sagittarius
- Mercury Retrograde
- Vesta enters Gemini
- Partial Lunar Eclipse (Full Moon) in Aquarius
- Pluto enters Libra
August 1972
- Last Quarter Moon in Taurus
- Venus enters Cancer
- New Moon in Leo
- Pallas enters Virgo
- Neptune Direct
- Mars enters Virgo
- First Quarter Moon in Scorpio
- Mercury Direct
- Sun enters Virgo
- Full Moon in Pisces
- Jupiter Direct
- Ceres enters Libra
- Last Quarter Moon in Gemini
September 1972
- Mercury enters Virgo
- New Moon in Virgo
- Venus enters Leo
- First Quarter Moon in Sagittarius
- Mercury enters Libra
- Sun enters Libra (Autumn Equinox)
- Full Moon in Aries
- Juno enters Scorpio
- Jupiter enters Capricorn
- Last Quarter Moon in Cancer
- Mars enters Libra
October 1972
- Saturn Retrograde
- Venus enters Virgo
- New Moon in Libra
- Mercury enters Scorpio
- Vesta Retrograde
- Pallas enters Libra
- First Quarter Moon in Capricorn
- Full Moon in Aries
- Sun enters Scorpio
- Last Quarter Moon in Leo
- Mercury enters Sagittarius
- Venus enters Libra
November 1972
- New Moon in Scorpio
- Ceres enters Scorpio
- First Quarter Moon in Aquarius
- Mercury Retrograde
- Mars enters Scorpio
- Full Moon in Taurus
- Sun enters Sagittarius
- Venus enters Scorpio
- Last Quarter Moon in Virgo
- Mercury Rx enters Scorpio
December 1972
- Mercury Direct
- New Moon in Sagittarius
- Mercury enters Sagittarius
- First Quarter Moon in Pisces
- Venus enters Sagittarius
- Full Moon in Gemini
- Sun enters Capricorn (Winter Solstice)
- Juno enters Sagittarius
- Pallas enters Scorpio
- Chiron Direct
- Last Quarter Moon in Libra
- Mars enters Sagittarius