2022 brought 12 full moons and 4 eclipses. The eclipses fell: a partial solar eclipse in Taurus on April 30, a total lunar eclipse in Scorpio on May 16, a partial solar eclipse in Scorpio on October 25, and a total lunar eclipse in Taurus on November 8. Mercury turned retrograde four times (Jan 14 to Feb 3; May 10 to Jun 3; Sep 9 to Oct 2; Dec 29 onward). The first full moon rose in Cancer on January 17. 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 2022
- Mercury enters Aquarius
- New Moon in Capricorn
- First Quarter Moon in Aries
- Vesta enters Capricorn
- Mercury Retrograde
- Ceres Direct
- Full Moon in Cancer
- Uranus Direct
- True Node Rx enters Taurus
- Sun enters Aquarius
- Mars enters Capricorn
- Last Quarter Moon in Scorpio
- Mercury Rx enters Capricorn
- Venus Direct
February 2022
- New Moon in Aquarius
- Juno enters Aquarius
- Mercury Direct
- First Quarter Moon in Taurus
- Ceres enters Gemini
- Pallas enters Aries
- Mercury enters Aquarius
- Full Moon in Leo
- Sun enters Pisces
- Last Quarter Moon in Sagittarius
March 2022
- New Moon in Pisces
- Mars enters Aquarius
- Venus enters Aquarius
- Mercury enters Pisces
- First Quarter Moon in Gemini
- Vesta enters Aquarius
- Full Moon in Virgo
- Sun enters Aries (Spring Equinox)
- Last Quarter Moon in Capricorn
- Mercury enters Aries
April 2022
- New Moon in Aries
- Venus enters Pisces
- First Quarter Moon in Cancer
- Mercury enters Taurus
- Mars enters Pisces
- Full Moon in Libra
- Sun enters Taurus
- Juno enters Pisces
- Last Quarter Moon in Aquarius
- Pluto Retrograde
- Mercury enters Gemini
- Pallas enters Taurus
- Partial Solar Eclipse (New Moon) in Taurus
May 2022
- Venus enters Aries
- First Quarter Moon in Leo
- Mercury Retrograde
- Jupiter enters Aries
- Ceres enters Cancer
- Total Lunar Eclipse (Full Moon) in Scorpio
- Sun enters Gemini
- Last Quarter Moon in Pisces
- Mercury Rx enters Taurus
- Vesta enters Pisces
- Mars enters Aries
- Venus enters Taurus
- New Moon in Gemini
June 2022
- Mercury Direct
- Saturn Retrograde
- First Quarter Moon in Virgo
- Mercury enters Gemini
- Full Moon in Sagittarius
- Last Quarter Moon in Pisces
- Sun enters Cancer (Summer Solstice)
- Venus enters Gemini
- Neptune Retrograde
- New Moon in Cancer
July 2022
- Pallas enters Gemini
- Mars enters Taurus
- Mercury enters Cancer
- First Quarter Moon in Libra
- Vesta Retrograde
- Full Moon in Capricorn
- Venus enters Cancer
- Mercury enters Leo
- Chiron Retrograde
- Last Quarter Moon in Aries
- Sun enters Leo
- Ceres enters Leo
- Juno Retrograde
- New Moon in Leo
- Jupiter Retrograde
August 2022
- Mercury enters Virgo
- First Quarter Moon in Scorpio
- Venus enters Leo
- Full Moon in Aquarius
- Last Quarter Moon in Taurus
- Mars enters Gemini
- Vesta Rx enters Aquarius
- Sun enters Virgo
- Uranus Retrograde
- Mercury enters Libra
- New Moon in Virgo
September 2022
- First Quarter Moon in Sagittarius
- Venus enters Virgo
- Pallas enters Cancer
- Mercury Retrograde
- Full Moon in Pisces
- Last Quarter Moon in Gemini
- Sun enters Libra (Autumn Equinox)
- Mercury Rx enters Virgo
- New Moon in Libra
- Venus enters Libra
- Ceres enters Virgo
October 2022
- Mercury Direct
- First Quarter Moon in Capricorn
- Vesta Direct
- Pluto Direct
- Full Moon in Aries
- Mercury enters Libra
- Last Quarter Moon in Cancer
- Saturn Direct
- Venus enters Scorpio
- Sun enters Scorpio
- Juno Direct
- Partial Solar Eclipse (New Moon) in Scorpio
- Jupiter Rx enters Pisces
- Mercury enters Scorpio
- Mars Retrograde
November 2022
- First Quarter Moon in Aquarius
- Total Lunar Eclipse (Full Moon) in Taurus
- Venus enters Sagittarius
- Last Quarter Moon in Leo
- Mercury enters Sagittarius
- Vesta enters Pisces
- Sun enters Sagittarius
- New Moon in Sagittarius
- Jupiter Direct
- Pallas Retrograde
- First Quarter Moon in Pisces
December 2022
- Neptune Direct
- Mercury enters Capricorn
- Full Moon in Gemini
- Venus enters Capricorn
- Last Quarter Moon in Virgo
- Ceres enters Libra
- Jupiter enters Aries
- Sun enters Capricorn (Winter Solstice)
- Chiron Direct
- New Moon in Capricorn
- Mercury Retrograde
- First Quarter Moon in Aries