Across 2053, the sky delivers 13 full moons and 4 eclipses. The eclipses fall: a penumbral lunar eclipse in Virgo on March 4, an annular solar eclipse in Aries on March 20, a penumbral lunar eclipse in Pisces on August 29, and a total solar eclipse in Virgo on September 12. Mercury turns retrograde three times (Feb 14 to Mar 8; Jun 16 to Jul 10; Oct 12 to Nov 1). The first full moon rises in Cancer on January 4. June sees two full moons, a blue moon. 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 2053
- Ceres enters Pisces
- Full Moon in Cancer
- Venus enters Capricorn
- Pallas enters Aquarius
- Uranus Retrograde
- Saturn enters Pisces
- Last Quarter Moon in Libra
- Mercury enters Aquarius
- Sun enters Aquarius
- New Moon in Aquarius
- First Quarter Moon in Taurus
- Venus enters Aquarius
February 2053
- Mercury enters Pisces
- Full Moon in Leo
- Vesta Direct
- Juno enters Pisces
- Neptune Direct
- Last Quarter Moon in Scorpio
- Mercury Retrograde
- Sun enters Pisces
- New Moon in Pisces
- Jupiter Retrograde
- Venus enters Pisces
- Mars enters Gemini
- First Quarter Moon in Gemini
- Mercury Rx enters Aquarius
March 2053
- Penumbral Lunar Eclipse (Full Moon) in Virgo
- Mercury Direct
- Last Quarter Moon in Sagittarius
- Mercury enters Pisces
- Venus enters Aries
- Sun enters Aries (Spring Equinox)
- Annular Solar Eclipse (New Moon) in Aries
- Ceres enters Aries
- First Quarter Moon in Cancer
April 2053
- Full Moon in Libra
- Pallas enters Pisces
- Vesta enters Cancer
- Juno enters Aries
- Mercury enters Aries
- Last Quarter Moon in Capricorn
- Venus enters Taurus
- Mars enters Cancer
- New Moon in Aries
- Sun enters Taurus
- Chiron Retrograde
- First Quarter Moon in Leo
- Mercury enters Taurus
- Jupiter Rx enters Libra
May 2053
- Full Moon in Scorpio
- Venus enters Gemini
- Last Quarter Moon in Aquarius
- Mercury enters Gemini
- New Moon in Taurus
- Sun enters Gemini
- First Quarter Moon in Virgo
- Mercury enters Cancer
- Venus enters Cancer
June 2053
- Full Moon in Sagittarius
- Mars enters Leo
- Uranus Direct
- Juno enters Taurus
- Last Quarter Moon in Pisces
- Ceres enters Taurus
- Pluto Retrograde
- Mercury Retrograde
- New Moon in Gemini
- Sun enters Cancer (Summer Solstice)
- Jupiter Direct
- First Quarter Moon in Libra
- Vesta enters Leo
- Saturn Retrograde
- Venus enters Leo
- Pallas Retrograde
- Full Moon in Capricorn
July 2053
- Last Quarter Moon in Aries
- Mercury Direct
- New Moon in Cancer
- Venus enters Virgo
- Sun enters Leo
- First Quarter Moon in Scorpio
- Mars enters Virgo
- Full Moon in Aquarius
August 2053
- Mercury enters Leo
- Juno enters Gemini
- Last Quarter Moon in Taurus
- New Moon in Leo
- Jupiter enters Scorpio
- Venus enters Libra
- Mercury enters Virgo
- First Quarter Moon in Scorpio
- Sun enters Virgo
- Vesta enters Virgo
- Penumbral Lunar Eclipse (Full Moon) in Pisces
September 2053
- Mercury enters Libra
- Last Quarter Moon in Gemini
- Neptune Retrograde
- Venus enters Scorpio
- Mars enters Libra
- Total Solar Eclipse (New Moon) in Virgo
- Chiron Direct
- Pallas Rx enters Aquarius
- Ceres Retrograde
- First Quarter Moon in Sagittarius
- Sun enters Libra (Autumn Equinox)
- Mercury enters Scorpio
- Full Moon in Aries
October 2053
- Last Quarter Moon in Cancer
- Venus enters Sagittarius
- New Moon in Libra
- Mercury Retrograde
- First Quarter Moon in Capricorn
- Sun enters Scorpio
- Pallas Direct
- Mercury Rx enters Libra
- Mars enters Scorpio
- Full Moon in Taurus
- Vesta enters Libra
November 2053
- Mercury Direct
- Last Quarter Moon in Leo
- Juno Retrograde
- Venus enters Capricorn
- New Moon in Scorpio
- Mercury enters Scorpio
- Saturn Direct
- First Quarter Moon in Aquarius
- Sun enters Sagittarius
- Pluto Direct
- Full Moon in Gemini
- Mercury enters Sagittarius
December 2053
- Last Quarter Moon in Virgo
- Pallas enters Pisces
- Mars enters Sagittarius
- Venus Retrograde
- New Moon in Sagittarius
- First Quarter Moon in Pisces
- Mercury enters Capricorn
- Sun enters Capricorn (Winter Solstice)
- Full Moon in Cancer
- Ceres Direct
- Last Quarter Moon in Libra