2088 brings 13 full moons and 4 eclipses. The eclipses fall: a total solar eclipse in Taurus on April 21, a partial lunar eclipse in Scorpio on May 5, an annular solar eclipse in Libra on October 14, and a partial lunar eclipse in Taurus on October 29. Mercury turns retrograde four times (Jan 11 to Jan 31; May 5 to May 29; Sep 5 to Sep 27; Dec 25 onward). The first full moon rises in Cancer on January 8. August 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 2088
- Mercury enters Aquarius
- First Quarter Moon in Aries
- Pluto Direct
- Saturn Direct
- Full Moon in Cancer
- Mercury Retrograde
- Last Quarter Moon in Libra
- Venus enters Capricorn
- Sun enters Aquarius
- Mercury Rx enters Capricorn
- New Moon in Aquarius
- Juno enters Pisces
- Vesta enters Pisces
- Pallas Retrograde
- First Quarter Moon in Taurus
- Mercury Direct
February 2088
- Jupiter Retrograde
- Mars enters Aquarius
- Ceres enters Sagittarius
- Full Moon in Leo
- Venus enters Aquarius
- Last Quarter Moon in Scorpio
- Mercury enters Aquarius
- Sun enters Pisces
- New Moon in Pisces
- Chiron Direct
- First Quarter Moon in Gemini
March 2088
- Full Moon in Virgo
- Mercury enters Pisces
- Venus enters Pisces
- Mars enters Pisces
- Pallas Rx enters Virgo
- Last Quarter Moon in Sagittarius
- Sun enters Aries (Spring Equinox)
- New Moon in Aries
- Juno enters Aries
- Mercury enters Aries
- Vesta enters Aries
- First Quarter Moon in Cancer
- Venus enters Aries
April 2088
- Ceres Retrograde
- Full Moon in Libra
- Mercury enters Taurus
- Last Quarter Moon in Capricorn
- Sun enters Taurus
- Mars enters Aries
- Total Solar Eclipse (New Moon) in Taurus
- Venus enters Taurus
- Neptune Direct
- First Quarter Moon in Leo
- Mercury enters Gemini
May 2088
- Mercury Retrograde
- Partial Lunar Eclipse (Full Moon) in Scorpio
- Pallas Direct
- Mercury Rx enters Taurus
- Last Quarter Moon in Aquarius
- Venus enters Gemini
- Juno enters Taurus
- Sun enters Gemini
- New Moon in Gemini
- First Quarter Moon in Virgo
- Mercury Direct
- Mars enters Taurus
- Vesta enters Taurus
June 2088
- Full Moon in Sagittarius
- Jupiter Direct
- Ceres Rx enters Scorpio
- Uranus Retrograde
- Last Quarter Moon in Pisces
- Venus enters Cancer
- Mercury enters Gemini
- New Moon in Gemini
- Sun enters Cancer (Summer Solstice)
- First Quarter Moon in Libra
July 2088
- Mercury enters Cancer
- Full Moon in Capricorn
- Pallas enters Libra
- Venus enters Leo
- Mars enters Gemini
- Ceres Direct
- Last Quarter Moon in Aries
- Juno enters Gemini
- Mercury enters Leo
- New Moon in Cancer
- Sun enters Leo
- Pluto Retrograde
- First Quarter Moon in Scorpio
- Venus enters Virgo
August 2088
- Mercury enters Virgo
- Full Moon in Aquarius
- Last Quarter Moon in Taurus
- True Node Rx enters Libra
- New Moon in Leo
- Ceres enters Sagittarius
- Sun enters Virgo
- Mars enters Cancer
- First Quarter Moon in Sagittarius
- Mercury enters Libra
- Venus enters Libra
- Vesta enters Gemini
- Chiron enters Cancer
- Full Moon in Pisces
September 2088
- Mercury Retrograde
- Saturn Retrograde
- Last Quarter Moon in Gemini
- Juno enters Cancer
- New Moon in Virgo
- Mercury Rx enters Virgo
- Venus enters Scorpio
- Sun enters Libra (Autumn Equinox)
- First Quarter Moon in Capricorn
- Pallas enters Scorpio
- Mercury Direct
- Vesta Retrograde
- Full Moon in Aries
October 2088
- Last Quarter Moon in Cancer
- Chiron Retrograde
- Mercury enters Libra
- Mars enters Leo
- Venus enters Sagittarius
- Annular Solar Eclipse (New Moon) in Libra
- Sun enters Scorpio
- First Quarter Moon in Aquarius
- Jupiter enters Scorpio
- Mercury enters Scorpio
- Vesta Rx enters Taurus
- Partial Lunar Eclipse (Full Moon) in Taurus
November 2088
- Last Quarter Moon in Leo
- Venus enters Capricorn
- Uranus Direct
- New Moon in Scorpio
- Mercury enters Sagittarius
- Chiron Rx enters Gemini
- Ceres enters Capricorn
- Sun enters Sagittarius
- First Quarter Moon in Pisces
- Neptune Retrograde
- Juno Retrograde
- Full Moon in Gemini
- Pallas enters Sagittarius
December 2088
- Mercury enters Capricorn
- Venus enters Aquarius
- Last Quarter Moon in Virgo
- New Moon in Sagittarius
- Sun enters Capricorn (Winter Solstice)
- First Quarter Moon in Aries
- Mars Retrograde
- Mercury Retrograde
- Full Moon in Cancer