2046 brings 12 full moons and 4 eclipses. The eclipses fall: a partial lunar eclipse in Leo on January 22, an annular solar eclipse in Aquarius on February 5, a partial lunar eclipse in Capricorn on July 17, and a total solar eclipse in Leo on August 2. Mercury turns retrograde three times (Feb 21 to Mar 15; Jun 24 to Jul 18; Oct 19 to Nov 9). The first full moon rises in Leo on January 22. 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 2046
- New Moon in Capricorn
- First Quarter Moon in Aries
- Mercury enters Aquarius
- Pallas Rx enters Gemini
- Sun enters Aquarius
- Chiron Retrograde
- Venus Direct
- Partial Lunar Eclipse (Full Moon) in Leo
- Neptune Direct
- Juno Retrograde
- Last Quarter Moon in Scorpio
February 2046
- Ceres Retrograde
- Mars enters Scorpio
- Pallas Direct
- Mercury enters Pisces
- Annular Solar Eclipse (New Moon) in Aquarius
- Uranus Rx enters Leo
- First Quarter Moon in Taurus
- Sun enters Pisces
- Full Moon in Virgo
- Pallas enters Cancer
- Mercury Retrograde
- Last Quarter Moon in Sagittarius
March 2046
- Vesta Direct
- Venus enters Aquarius
- New Moon in Pisces
- Ceres Rx enters Virgo
- Mars Retrograde
- First Quarter Moon in Gemini
- Mercury Direct
- Sun enters Aries (Spring Equinox)
- Full Moon in Libra
- Juno Rx enters Virgo
- Last Quarter Moon in Capricorn
April 2046
- Saturn Retrograde
- Jupiter enters Aries
- Venus enters Pisces
- New Moon in Aries
- Mars Rx enters Libra
- Mercury enters Aries
- First Quarter Moon in Cancer
- Sun enters Taurus
- Full Moon in Scorpio
- Last Quarter Moon in Aquarius
- Mercury enters Taurus
May 2046
- Venus enters Aries
- Ceres Direct
- Uranus Direct
- New Moon in Taurus
- Vesta enters Leo
- Juno Direct
- First Quarter Moon in Leo
- Pallas enters Leo
- Mercury enters Gemini
- Full Moon in Scorpio
- Sun enters Gemini
- Venus enters Taurus
- Last Quarter Moon in Pisces
- Chiron Direct
- Mars Direct
- Mercury enters Cancer
June 2046
- New Moon in Gemini
- Pluto Retrograde
- First Quarter Moon in Virgo
- Full Moon in Sagittarius
- Sun enters Cancer (Summer Solstice)
- Venus enters Gemini
- Mercury Retrograde
- Last Quarter Moon in Aries
- Ceres enters Libra
July 2046
- New Moon in Cancer
- Juno enters Libra
- First Quarter Moon in Libra
- Mars enters Scorpio
- Venus enters Cancer
- Pallas enters Virgo
- Partial Lunar Eclipse (Full Moon) in Capricorn
- Mercury Direct
- Sun enters Leo
- Vesta enters Virgo
- Uranus enters Virgo
- Last Quarter Moon in Taurus
August 2046
- Total Solar Eclipse (New Moon) in Leo
- Mercury enters Leo
- Jupiter Retrograde
- First Quarter Moon in Scorpio
- Venus enters Leo
- Full Moon in Aquarius
- Saturn Direct
- Neptune Retrograde
- Sun enters Virgo
- Mercury enters Virgo
- Last Quarter Moon in Gemini
- New Moon in Virgo
September 2046
- Venus enters Virgo
- Mars enters Sagittarius
- First Quarter Moon in Sagittarius
- Mercury enters Libra
- Full Moon in Pisces
- Ceres enters Scorpio
- Pallas enters Libra
- Sun enters Libra (Autumn Equinox)
- Vesta enters Libra
- Last Quarter Moon in Cancer
- Venus enters Libra
- Mercury enters Scorpio
- New Moon in Libra
October 2046
- First Quarter Moon in Capricorn
- Juno enters Scorpio
- Full Moon in Aries
- True Node Rx enters Capricorn
- Mercury Retrograde
- Mars enters Capricorn
- Venus enters Scorpio
- Last Quarter Moon in Cancer
- Sun enters Scorpio
- New Moon in Scorpio
November 2046
- First Quarter Moon in Aquarius
- Mercury Direct
- Full Moon in Taurus
- Venus enters Sagittarius
- Pluto Direct
- Vesta enters Scorpio
- Last Quarter Moon in Leo
- Sun enters Sagittarius
- Pallas enters Scorpio
- Ceres enters Sagittarius
- New Moon in Sagittarius
- Mars enters Aquarius
December 2046
- Jupiter Direct
- Mercury enters Sagittarius
- First Quarter Moon in Pisces
- Venus enters Capricorn
- Uranus Retrograde
- Full Moon in Gemini
- Last Quarter Moon in Virgo
- Sun enters Capricorn (Winter Solstice)
- Mercury enters Capricorn
- New Moon in Capricorn