What were the 1979 eclipse dates and times?

1979 had 4 eclipses: Total Solar Eclipse on February 26, 1979 at 11:45:13 AM ET; Partial Lunar Eclipse on March 13, 1979 at 4:14:15 PM ET; Annular Solar Eclipse on August 22, 1979 at 1:10:25 PM ET; Total Lunar Eclipse on September 6, 1979 at 6:58:34 AM ET. Every instant lands on the millisecond - Times mark the exact lunation instant of each eclipse.

When were the 1979 solstices and equinoxes?

Spring Equinox: March 21, 1979 at 12:21:55 AM ET; Summer Solstice: June 21, 1979 at 7:56:09 PM ET; Autumn Equinox: September 23, 1979 at 11:16:22 AM ET; Winter Solstice: December 22, 1979 at 6:09:44 AM ET.

When was Mercury retrograde in 1979?

Mercury stationed retrograde 3 times in 1979: March 14, 1979, July 17, 1979, November 9, 1979. The exact station instants are on the calendar above.

How many full moons were there in 1979?

1979 had 12 full moons. The first was the Full Moon in Cancer on January 13, 1979 at 2:08:37 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 | 1979 Astrology Calendar - Every Event to the Second

1979 had 12 full moons and 4 eclipses. The eclipses fell: a total solar eclipse in Pisces on February 26, a partial lunar eclipse in Virgo on March 13, an annular solar eclipse in Leo on August 22, and a total lunar eclipse in Pisces on September 6. Mercury turned retrograde three times (Mar 14 to Apr 7; Jul 17 to Aug 10; Nov 9 to Nov 29). The first full moon rose in Cancer on January 13. 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 1979

Jan 05, 1979 - 6:14:49 AM ET First Quarter Moon in Aries
Jan 07, 1979 - 1:37:53 AM ET Venus enters Sagittarius
Jan 08, 1979 - 5:32:57 PM ET Mercury enters Capricorn
Jan 13, 1979 - 2:08:37 AM ET Full Moon in Cancer
Jan 15, 1979 - 12:08:27 AM ET Chiron Direct
Jan 18, 1979 - 12:26:18 PM ET Juno enters Pisces
Jan 20, 1979 - 10:59:54 AM ET Sun enters Aquarius
Jan 20, 1979 - 12:07:20 PM ET Mars enters Aquarius
Jan 21, 1979 - 6:23:19 AM ET Last Quarter Moon in Scorpio
Jan 21, 1979 - 3:43:24 PM ET Pluto Retrograde
Jan 28, 1979 - 1:19:32 AM ET New Moon in Aquarius
Jan 28, 1979 - 7:49:05 AM ET Mercury enters Aquarius
Jan 31, 1979 - 11:33:09 AM ET Pallas enters Aquarius

February 1979

Feb 03, 1979 - 7:36:21 PM ET First Quarter Moon in Taurus
Feb 05, 1979 - 4:15:33 AM ET Venus enters Capricorn
Feb 11, 1979 - 9:39:23 PM ET Full Moon in Leo
Feb 13, 1979 - 8:55:01 AM ET Vesta enters Pisces
Feb 14, 1979 - 3:37:53 PM ET Mercury enters Pisces
Feb 19, 1979 - 1:13:12 AM ET Sun enters Pisces
Feb 19, 1979 - 8:17:07 PM ET Last Quarter Moon in Sagittarius
Feb 20, 1979 - 4:48:53 PM ET Ceres enters Pisces
Feb 24, 1979 - 6:57:51 AM ET Uranus Retrograde
Feb 26, 1979 - 11:45:13 AM ET Total Solar Eclipse (New Moon) in Pisces
Feb 27, 1979 - 3:24:55 PM ET Mars enters Pisces
Feb 28, 1979 - 6:35:05 PM ET Jupiter Rx enters Cancer

March 1979

Mar 03, 1979 - 12:18:25 PM ET Venus enters Aquarius
Mar 03, 1979 - 4:31:41 PM ET Mercury enters Aries
Mar 05, 1979 - 11:22:48 AM ET First Quarter Moon in Gemini
Mar 13, 1979 - 4:14:15 PM ET Partial Lunar Eclipse (Full Moon) in Virgo
Mar 14, 1979 - 8:15:17 PM ET Mercury Retrograde
Mar 19, 1979 - 11:33:08 AM ET Juno enters Aries
Mar 21, 1979 - 12:21:55 AM ET Sun enters Aries (Spring Equinox)
Mar 21, 1979 - 6:22:06 AM ET Last Quarter Moon in Capricorn
Mar 23, 1979 - 2:35:24 AM ET Neptune Retrograde
Mar 25, 1979 - 7:55:17 PM ET Jupiter Direct
Mar 27, 1979 - 9:59:28 PM ET New Moon in Aries
Mar 28, 1979 - 5:39:26 AM ET Mercury Rx enters Pisces
Mar 28, 1979 - 10:17:43 PM ET Venus enters Pisces

April 1979

Apr 04, 1979 - 4:57:14 AM ET First Quarter Moon in Cancer
Apr 06, 1979 - 8:08:12 PM ET Mars enters Aries
Apr 07, 1979 - 12:21:22 AM ET Mercury Direct
Apr 12, 1979 - 8:15:00 AM ET Full Moon in Libra
Apr 15, 1979 - 1:29:31 PM ET Vesta enters Aries
Apr 17, 1979 - 7:48:04 AM ET Mercury enters Aries
Apr 19, 1979 - 1:30:15 PM ET Last Quarter Moon in Capricorn
Apr 20, 1979 - 3:29:23 AM ET Jupiter enters Leo
Apr 20, 1979 - 11:35:21 AM ET Sun enters Taurus
Apr 22, 1979 - 11:02:18 PM ET Venus enters Aries
Apr 26, 1979 - 8:14:44 AM ET New Moon in Taurus

May 1979

May 04, 1979 - 12:25:19 AM ET First Quarter Moon in Leo
May 09, 1979 - 10:53:32 AM ET Saturn Direct
May 10, 1979 - 6:03:07 PM ET Mercury enters Taurus
May 11, 1979 - 10:00:51 PM ET Full Moon in Scorpio
May 12, 1979 - 1:18:22 AM ET Ceres enters Aries
May 13, 1979 - 2:24:39 PM ET Juno enters Taurus
May 14, 1979 - 1:54:31 PM ET Pallas enters Pisces
May 16, 1979 - 12:25:05 AM ET Mars enters Taurus
May 17, 1979 - 8:28:44 PM ET Venus enters Taurus
May 18, 1979 - 7:56:50 PM ET Last Quarter Moon in Aquarius
May 21, 1979 - 11:53:50 AM ET Sun enters Gemini
May 25, 1979 - 8:00:22 PM ET New Moon in Gemini
May 26, 1979 - 3:43:43 AM ET Mercury enters Gemini

June 1979

Jun 02, 1979 - 6:37:26 PM ET First Quarter Moon in Virgo
Jun 09, 1979 - 2:31:43 AM ET Mercury enters Cancer
Jun 10, 1979 - 7:55:16 AM ET Full Moon in Sagittarius
Jun 11, 1979 - 2:13:19 PM ET Venus enters Gemini
Jun 17, 1979 - 1:00:59 AM ET Last Quarter Moon in Pisces
Jun 17, 1979 - 10:52:10 PM ET Pallas Retrograde
Jun 21, 1979 - 7:56:09 PM ET Sun enters Cancer (Summer Solstice)
Jun 24, 1979 - 7:57:50 AM ET New Moon in Cancer
Jun 24, 1979 - 1:12:21 PM ET Vesta enters Taurus
Jun 25, 1979 - 9:54:54 PM ET Mars enters Gemini
Jun 26, 1979 - 9:18:43 PM ET Pluto Direct
Jun 27, 1979 - 5:51:25 AM ET Mercury enters Leo

July 1979

Jul 02, 1979 - 11:23:35 AM ET First Quarter Moon in Libra
Jul 06, 1979 - 4:11:23 AM ET Juno enters Gemini
Jul 06, 1979 - 5:02:09 AM ET Venus enters Cancer
Jul 09, 1979 - 3:59:15 PM ET Full Moon in Capricorn
Jul 16, 1979 - 6:58:42 AM ET Last Quarter Moon in Aries
Jul 17, 1979 - 6:42:01 PM ET Mercury Retrograde
Jul 20, 1979 - 2:22:07 AM ET Pallas Rx enters Aquarius
Jul 23, 1979 - 6:48:31 AM ET Sun enters Leo
Jul 23, 1979 - 9:40:37 PM ET New Moon in Leo
Jul 26, 1979 - 6:58:36 AM ET Uranus Direct
Jul 30, 1979 - 4:06:56 PM ET Venus enters Leo

August 1979

Aug 01, 1979 - 1:57:19 AM ET First Quarter Moon in Scorpio
Aug 07, 1979 - 11:21:05 PM ET Full Moon in Aquarius
Aug 08, 1979 - 9:28:25 AM ET Mars enters Cancer
Aug 10, 1979 - 9:32:25 PM ET Mercury Direct
Aug 14, 1979 - 3:01:51 PM ET Last Quarter Moon in Taurus
Aug 15, 1979 - 1:57:03 PM ET Ceres Retrograde
Aug 18, 1979 - 11:53:06 AM ET Chiron Retrograde
Aug 22, 1979 - 1:10:25 PM ET Annular Solar Eclipse (New Moon) in Leo
Aug 23, 1979 - 1:46:43 PM ET Sun enters Virgo
Aug 23, 1979 - 11:16:02 PM ET Venus enters Virgo
Aug 30, 1979 - 7:14:46 AM ET Neptune Direct
Aug 30, 1979 - 2:09:02 PM ET First Quarter Moon in Sagittarius
Aug 31, 1979 - 3:57:06 AM ET Juno enters Cancer

September 1979

Sep 02, 1979 - 5:38:30 PM ET Mercury enters Virgo
Sep 06, 1979 - 6:58:34 AM ET Total Lunar Eclipse (Full Moon) in Pisces
Sep 13, 1979 - 2:15:21 AM ET Last Quarter Moon in Gemini
Sep 15, 1979 - 5:31:25 AM ET Vesta Retrograde
Sep 17, 1979 - 3:21:07 AM ET Venus enters Libra
Sep 18, 1979 - 2:58:54 PM ET Mercury enters Libra
Sep 21, 1979 - 5:46:34 AM ET New Moon in Virgo
Sep 23, 1979 - 11:16:22 AM ET Sun enters Libra (Autumn Equinox)
Sep 24, 1979 - 5:20:42 PM ET Mars enters Leo
Sep 29, 1979 - 12:19:43 AM ET First Quarter Moon in Capricorn
Sep 29, 1979 - 6:23:20 AM ET Jupiter enters Virgo

October 1979

Oct 05, 1979 - 3:35:20 PM ET Full Moon in Aries
Oct 06, 1979 - 11:54:35 PM ET Mercury enters Scorpio
Oct 11, 1979 - 5:47:55 AM ET Venus enters Scorpio
Oct 12, 1979 - 5:23:47 PM ET Last Quarter Moon in Cancer
Oct 13, 1979 - 11:31:30 PM ET Pallas Direct
Oct 20, 1979 - 10:23:01 PM ET New Moon in Libra
Oct 23, 1979 - 8:27:49 PM ET Sun enters Scorpio
Oct 28, 1979 - 8:05:51 AM ET First Quarter Moon in Aquarius
Oct 30, 1979 - 2:05:31 AM ET Mercury enters Sagittarius

November 1979

Nov 04, 1979 - 12:47:02 AM ET Full Moon in Taurus
Nov 04, 1979 - 6:49:58 AM ET Venus enters Sagittarius
Nov 09, 1979 - 8:54:57 AM ET Mercury Retrograde
Nov 11, 1979 - 11:23:58 AM ET Last Quarter Moon in Leo
Nov 17, 1979 - 10:08:34 PM ET Mercury Rx enters Scorpio
Nov 19, 1979 - 1:03:37 PM ET New Moon in Scorpio
Nov 19, 1979 - 4:35:48 PM ET Mars enters Virgo
Nov 22, 1979 - 4:54:05 PM ET Sun enters Sagittarius
Nov 25, 1979 - 8:18:05 AM ET Ceres Direct
Nov 26, 1979 - 4:08:34 PM ET First Quarter Moon in Pisces
Nov 28, 1979 - 9:19:34 AM ET Venus enters Capricorn
Nov 29, 1979 - 7:40:42 AM ET Mercury Direct

December 1979

Dec 01, 1979 - 7:12:28 PM ET Juno Retrograde
Dec 03, 1979 - 1:07:38 PM ET Full Moon in Gemini
Dec 11, 1979 - 8:58:51 AM ET Last Quarter Moon in Virgo
Dec 12, 1979 - 8:34:10 AM ET Mercury enters Sagittarius
Dec 19, 1979 - 3:23:22 AM ET New Moon in Sagittarius
Dec 20, 1979 - 1:48:50 PM ET Vesta Direct
Dec 22, 1979 - 6:09:44 AM ET Sun enters Capricorn (Winter Solstice)
Dec 22, 1979 - 1:34:30 PM ET Venus enters Aquarius
Dec 26, 1979 - 12:10:55 AM ET First Quarter Moon in Aries
Dec 26, 1979 - 9:58:34 AM ET Jupiter Retrograde

Starmap1979

Every Celestial Event Mapped to the Millisecond