2072 has 13 full moons and 4 eclipses. The eclipses fall: a total lunar eclipse in Virgo on March 4, a partial solar eclipse in Aries on March 19, a total lunar eclipse in Pisces on August 28, and a total solar eclipse in Virgo on September 12. Mercury turns retrograde three times (Feb 27 to Mar 20; Jun 29 to Jul 24; Oct 24 to Nov 13). The first full moon rises in Cancer on January 5. May 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 2072
- Mercury enters Capricorn
- Full Moon in Cancer
- Last Quarter Moon in Libra
- Juno Retrograde
- Sun enters Aquarius
- New Moon in Aquarius
- Jupiter Direct
- Venus enters Capricorn
- Mercury enters Aquarius
- Uranus enters Capricorn
- First Quarter Moon in Taurus
February 2072
- Full Moon in Leo
- Pallas enters Pisces
- Mercury enters Pisces
- Last Quarter Moon in Scorpio
- Venus enters Aquarius
- Vesta Retrograde
- Mars Direct
- Sun enters Pisces
- New Moon in Pisces
- Saturn Retrograde
- First Quarter Moon in Gemini
- Mercury Retrograde
March 2072
- Total Lunar Eclipse (Full Moon) in Virgo
- Venus enters Pisces
- Jupiter enters Gemini
- Last Quarter Moon in Sagittarius
- Ceres enters Taurus
- Sun enters Aries (Spring Equinox)
- Partial Solar Eclipse (New Moon) in Aries
- Mercury Direct
- Neptune Direct
- First Quarter Moon in Cancer
April 2072
- Venus enters Aries
- Full Moon in Libra
- Uranus Retrograde
- Last Quarter Moon in Capricorn
- Mercury enters Aries
- New Moon in Aries
- Sun enters Taurus
- Mars enters Leo
- Juno Direct
- First Quarter Moon in Leo
- Venus enters Taurus
May 2072
- Full Moon in Scorpio
- Mercury enters Taurus
- Pallas enters Aries
- Last Quarter Moon in Aquarius
- Vesta Direct
- Mercury enters Gemini
- New Moon in Taurus
- Sun enters Gemini
- Venus enters Gemini
- First Quarter Moon in Virgo
- Full Moon in Sagittarius
- Ceres enters Gemini
- Mercury enters Cancer
June 2072
- Last Quarter Moon in Pisces
- Venus enters Cancer
- New Moon in Gemini
- Mars enters Virgo
- Sun enters Cancer (Summer Solstice)
- First Quarter Moon in Libra
- Uranus Rx enters Sagittarius
- Mercury Retrograde
- Full Moon in Capricorn
July 2072
- Pluto Retrograde
- Venus enters Leo
- Last Quarter Moon in Aries
- Saturn Direct
- New Moon in Cancer
- Chiron Retrograde
- Sun enters Leo
- First Quarter Moon in Scorpio
- Mercury Direct
- Full Moon in Aquarius
- Jupiter enters Cancer
August 2072
- Venus enters Virgo
- Pallas Retrograde
- Juno enters Libra
- Last Quarter Moon in Taurus
- Mercury enters Leo
- Mars enters Libra
- New Moon in Leo
- Vesta enters Scorpio
- Ceres enters Cancer
- First Quarter Moon in Scorpio
- Sun enters Virgo
- Mercury enters Virgo
- Venus enters Libra
- Total Lunar Eclipse (Full Moon) in Pisces
September 2072
- Last Quarter Moon in Gemini
- Uranus Direct
- Mercury enters Libra
- Total Solar Eclipse (New Moon) in Virgo
- First Quarter Moon in Sagittarius
- Venus enters Scorpio
- Sun enters Libra (Autumn Equinox)
- Mars enters Scorpio
- Full Moon in Aries
- Mercury enters Scorpio
October 2072
- Last Quarter Moon in Cancer
- New Moon in Libra
- Venus enters Sagittarius
- Vesta enters Sagittarius
- First Quarter Moon in Capricorn
- Neptune Retrograde
- Pallas Rx enters Pisces
- Sun enters Scorpio
- Mercury Retrograde
- Full Moon in Taurus
- Jupiter Retrograde
- Juno enters Scorpio
November 2072
- Last Quarter Moon in Leo
- Mars enters Sagittarius
- Venus enters Capricorn
- New Moon in Scorpio
- Uranus enters Capricorn
- Mercury Direct
- Ceres Retrograde
- First Quarter Moon in Aquarius
- Sun enters Sagittarius
- Pallas Direct
- Full Moon in Gemini
December 2072
- Last Quarter Moon in Virgo
- Venus enters Aquarius
- Mercury enters Sagittarius
- New Moon in Sagittarius
- Vesta enters Capricorn
- First Quarter Moon in Pisces
- Mars enters Capricorn
- Pluto Direct
- Sun enters Capricorn (Winter Solstice)
- Chiron Direct
- Full Moon in Cancer
- Mercury enters Capricorn
- Pallas enters Aries
- Last Quarter Moon in Libra