2021 had 12 full moons and 4 eclipses. The eclipses fell: a total lunar eclipse in Sagittarius on May 26, an annular solar eclipse in Gemini on June 10, a partial lunar eclipse in Taurus on November 19, and a total solar eclipse in Sagittarius on December 4. Mercury turned retrograde three times (Jan 30 to Feb 20; May 29 to Jun 22; Sep 27 to Oct 18). The first full moon rose in Leo on January 28. 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 2021
- Last Quarter Moon in Libra
- Mars enters Taurus
- Mercury enters Aquarius
- Venus enters Capricorn
- New Moon in Capricorn
- Uranus Direct
- Vesta Retrograde
- Sun enters Aquarius
- First Quarter Moon in Taurus
- Full Moon in Leo
- Mercury Retrograde
February 2021
- Venus enters Aquarius
- Last Quarter Moon in Scorpio
- New Moon in Aquarius
- Sun enters Pisces
- First Quarter Moon in Gemini
- Mercury Direct
- Ceres enters Aries
- Venus enters Pisces
- Full Moon in Virgo
March 2021
- Mars enters Gemini
- Last Quarter Moon in Sagittarius
- Pallas enters Pisces
- New Moon in Pisces
- Mercury enters Pisces
- Sun enters Aries (Spring Equinox)
- Venus enters Aries
- First Quarter Moon in Cancer
- Full Moon in Libra
April 2021
- Mercury enters Aries
- Last Quarter Moon in Capricorn
- New Moon in Aries
- Juno Retrograde
- Venus enters Taurus
- Mercury enters Taurus
- Sun enters Taurus
- First Quarter Moon in Leo
- Vesta Direct
- Mars enters Cancer
- Full Moon in Scorpio
- Pluto Retrograde
May 2021
- Last Quarter Moon in Aquarius
- Mercury enters Gemini
- Ceres enters Taurus
- Venus enters Gemini
- New Moon in Taurus
- Jupiter enters Pisces
- First Quarter Moon in Leo
- Sun enters Gemini
- Saturn Retrograde
- Total Lunar Eclipse (Full Moon) in Sagittarius
- Mercury Retrograde
June 2021
- Last Quarter Moon in Pisces
- Venus enters Cancer
- Annular Solar Eclipse (New Moon) in Gemini
- Mars enters Leo
- First Quarter Moon in Virgo
- Jupiter Retrograde
- Sun enters Cancer (Summer Solstice)
- Mercury Direct
- Full Moon in Capricorn
- Neptune Retrograde
- Venus enters Leo
July 2021
- Last Quarter Moon in Aries
- New Moon in Cancer
- Mercury enters Cancer
- Pallas Retrograde
- Chiron Retrograde
- First Quarter Moon in Libra
- Vesta enters Libra
- Venus enters Virgo
- Sun enters Leo
- Full Moon in Aquarius
- Mercury enters Leo
- Jupiter Rx enters Aquarius
- Mars enters Virgo
- Ceres enters Gemini
- Last Quarter Moon in Taurus
August 2021
- Juno Direct
- New Moon in Leo
- Mercury enters Virgo
- First Quarter Moon in Scorpio
- Venus enters Libra
- Uranus Retrograde
- Full Moon in Aquarius
- Sun enters Virgo
- Mercury enters Libra
- Last Quarter Moon in Gemini
September 2021
- New Moon in Virgo
- Venus enters Scorpio
- First Quarter Moon in Sagittarius
- Mars enters Libra
- Vesta enters Scorpio
- Full Moon in Pisces
- Sun enters Libra (Autumn Equinox)
- Mercury Retrograde
- Last Quarter Moon in Cancer
October 2021
- New Moon in Libra
- Pluto Direct
- Venus enters Sagittarius
- Ceres Retrograde
- Saturn Direct
- First Quarter Moon in Capricorn
- Jupiter Direct
- Mercury Direct
- Full Moon in Aries
- Sun enters Scorpio
- Last Quarter Moon in Leo
- Mars enters Scorpio
November 2021
- New Moon in Scorpio
- Venus enters Capricorn
- Mercury enters Scorpio
- Pallas Direct
- First Quarter Moon in Aquarius
- Juno enters Capricorn
- Vesta enters Sagittarius
- Partial Lunar Eclipse (Full Moon) in Taurus
- Sun enters Sagittarius
- Mercury enters Sagittarius
- Last Quarter Moon in Virgo
December 2021
- Neptune Direct
- Total Solar Eclipse (New Moon) in Sagittarius
- First Quarter Moon in Pisces
- Mars enters Sagittarius
- Mercury enters Capricorn
- Full Moon in Gemini
- Venus Retrograde
- Chiron Direct
- Ceres Rx enters Taurus
- Sun enters Capricorn (Winter Solstice)
- Last Quarter Moon in Libra
- Jupiter enters Pisces