Across 2017, the sky delivered 12 full moons and 4 eclipses. The eclipses fell: a penumbral lunar eclipse in Leo on February 10, an annular solar eclipse in Pisces on February 26, a partial lunar eclipse in Aquarius on August 7, and a total solar eclipse in Leo on August 21. Mercury turned retrograde three times (Apr 9 to May 3; Aug 12 to Sep 5; Dec 3 to Dec 22). The first full moon rose in Cancer on January 12. 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 2017
- Venus enters Pisces
- Mercury Rx enters Sagittarius
- First Quarter Moon in Aries
- Mercury Direct
- Vesta Rx enters Cancer
- Full Moon in Cancer
- Mercury enters Capricorn
- Sun enters Aquarius
- Last Quarter Moon in Scorpio
- New Moon in Aquarius
- Mars enters Aries
February 2017
- Juno enters Capricorn
- Venus enters Aries
- First Quarter Moon in Taurus
- Ceres enters Taurus
- Jupiter Retrograde
- Mercury enters Aquarius
- Penumbral Lunar Eclipse (Full Moon) in Leo
- Sun enters Pisces
- Last Quarter Moon in Sagittarius
- Mercury enters Pisces
- Annular Solar Eclipse (New Moon) in Pisces
March 2017
- Venus Retrograde
- First Quarter Moon in Gemini
- Vesta Direct
- Mars enters Taurus
- Full Moon in Virgo
- Mercury enters Aries
- Sun enters Aries (Spring Equinox)
- Last Quarter Moon in Capricorn
- New Moon in Aries
- Pallas enters Aries
- Mercury enters Taurus
April 2017
- Venus Rx enters Pisces
- First Quarter Moon in Cancer
- Saturn Retrograde
- Mercury Retrograde
- Full Moon in Libra
- Venus Direct
- Last Quarter Moon in Capricorn
- Sun enters Taurus
- Pluto Retrograde
- Mercury Rx enters Aries
- Mars enters Gemini
- New Moon in Taurus
- Venus enters Aries
- Ceres enters Gemini
May 2017
- Vesta enters Leo
- First Quarter Moon in Leo
- Mercury Direct
- True Node Rx enters Leo
- Juno Retrograde
- Full Moon in Scorpio
- Mercury enters Taurus
- Last Quarter Moon in Aquarius
- Sun enters Gemini
- New Moon in Gemini
June 2017
- First Quarter Moon in Virgo
- Mars enters Cancer
- Venus enters Taurus
- Mercury enters Gemini
- Full Moon in Sagittarius
- Jupiter Direct
- Neptune Retrograde
- Last Quarter Moon in Pisces
- Sun enters Cancer (Summer Solstice)
- Mercury enters Cancer
- New Moon in Cancer
- Pallas enters Taurus
- First Quarter Moon in Libra
July 2017
- Chiron Retrograde
- Venus enters Gemini
- Mercury enters Leo
- Full Moon in Capricorn
- Ceres enters Cancer
- Last Quarter Moon in Aries
- Vesta enters Virgo
- Mars enters Leo
- Sun enters Leo
- New Moon in Leo
- Mercury enters Virgo
- First Quarter Moon in Scorpio
- Venus enters Cancer
August 2017
- Uranus Retrograde
- Partial Lunar Eclipse (Full Moon) in Aquarius
- Mercury Retrograde
- Last Quarter Moon in Taurus
- Total Solar Eclipse (New Moon) in Leo
- Sun enters Virgo
- Saturn Direct
- Venus enters Leo
- Juno Direct
- First Quarter Moon in Sagittarius
- Mercury Rx enters Leo
September 2017
- Mars enters Virgo
- Mercury Direct
- Full Moon in Pisces
- Mercury enters Virgo
- Pallas Retrograde
- Last Quarter Moon in Gemini
- Vesta enters Libra
- Venus enters Virgo
- New Moon in Virgo
- Sun enters Libra (Autumn Equinox)
- Ceres enters Leo
- First Quarter Moon in Capricorn
- Pluto Direct
- Mercury enters Libra
October 2017
- Full Moon in Aries
- Jupiter enters Scorpio
- Last Quarter Moon in Cancer
- Venus enters Libra
- Mercury enters Scorpio
- New Moon in Libra
- Mars enters Libra
- Sun enters Scorpio
- First Quarter Moon in Aquarius
November 2017
- Full Moon in Taurus
- Mercury enters Sagittarius
- Venus enters Scorpio
- Last Quarter Moon in Leo
- Pallas Rx enters Aries
- Vesta enters Scorpio
- New Moon in Scorpio
- Sun enters Sagittarius
- Neptune Direct
- First Quarter Moon in Pisces
December 2017
- Venus enters Sagittarius
- Mercury Retrograde
- Full Moon in Gemini
- Chiron Direct
- Mars enters Scorpio
- Last Quarter Moon in Virgo
- Juno enters Aquarius
- Ceres Retrograde
- Pallas Direct
- New Moon in Sagittarius
- Saturn enters Capricorn
- Sun enters Capricorn (Winter Solstice)
- Mercury Direct
- Venus enters Capricorn
- First Quarter Moon in Aries