Ephemeris - October 2020

Every dated event of the month - retrograde stations, sign ingresses, moon phases, eclipses and exact major aspects - followed by the daily longitude table. Times in UT.

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What happens in October 2020

Pluto stations direct on Oct 4 at 22° Capricorn and Mercury stations retrograde on Oct 14 at 11° Scorpio. Mercury, Mars, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto are retrograde for part or all of October 2020. The Sun leaves Libra for Scorpio on Oct 22. Full Moon on Oct 1 at 9° Aries, New Moon on Oct 16 at 23° Libra and Full Moon on Oct 31 at 8° Taurus. 17 major aspects perfect and 4 sign ingresses occur, all timed below in UT.

Planets retrograde in October 2020

Mercurystations retrograde Oct 14, still retrograde on Oct 31
Marsalready retrograde on Oct 1, still retrograde on Oct 31
Uranusalready retrograde on Oct 1, still retrograde on Oct 31
Neptunealready retrograde on Oct 1, still retrograde on Oct 31
Plutoalready retrograde on Oct 1, turns direct Oct 4

October 2020 event timeline

Oct 121:05 UTMoonFull Moon9° 08′ 37″ Aries
Oct 220:48 UTIngressVenus enters Virgoleaves Leo
Oct 413:03 UTStationPluto stations direct22° 29′ 10″ Capricorn
Oct 720:58 UT☍ 180°Mercury opposition UranusMercury at 9° 37′ 32″ Scorpio
Oct 913:22 UT□ 90°Mars square PlutoMars at 22° 29′ 33″ Aries
Oct 1000:40 UTMoonLast Quarter17° 10′ 34″ Cancer
Oct 1023:10 UT△ 120°Venus trine UranusVenus at 9° 30′ 42″ Virgo
Oct 1113:34 UT□ 90°Sun square JupiterSun at 18° 41′ 29″ Libra
Oct 1207:59 UT⚹ 60°Jupiter sextile NeptuneJupiter at 18° 45′ 34″ Capricorn
Oct 1216:38 UT⚹ 60°Mercury sextile VenusMercury at 11° 33′ 32″ Scorpio
Oct 1323:29 UT☍ 180°Sun opposition MarsSun at 21° 04′ 48″ Libra
Oct 1401:03 UTStationMercury stations retrograde11° 40′ 10″ Scorpio
Oct 1510:15 UT□ 90°Sun square PlutoSun at 22° 30′ 57″ Libra
Oct 1619:31 UTMoonNew Moon23° 53′ 49″ Libra
Oct 1813:58 UT□ 90°Sun square SaturnSun at 25° 38′ 52″ Libra
Oct 1814:54 UT☍ 180°Venus opposition NeptuneVenus at 18° 37′ 24″ Virgo
Oct 1905:45 UT□ 90°Mars square JupiterMars at 19° 26′ 50″ Aries
Oct 1907:35 UT△ 120°Venus trine JupiterVenus at 19° 27′ 21″ Virgo
Oct 2002:52 UT☍ 180°Mercury opposition UranusMercury at 9° 09′ 19″ Scorpio
Oct 2121:42 UT△ 120°Venus trine PlutoVenus at 22° 33′ 40″ Virgo
Oct 2223:00 UTIngressSun enters Scorpioleaves Libra
Oct 2313:23 UTMoonFirst Quarter0° 36′ 11″ Aquarius
Oct 2415:40 UT△ 120°Venus trine SaturnVenus at 25° 52′ 16″ Virgo
Oct 2518:23 UT☌ 0°Sun conjunction MercurySun at 2° 47′ 53″ Scorpio
Oct 2801:34 UTIngressMercury enters Libraleaves Scorpio
Oct 2801:41 UTIngressVenus enters Libraleaves Virgo
Oct 3114:49 UTMoonFull Moon8° 38′ 44″ Taurus
Oct 3115:54 UT☍ 180°Sun opposition UranusSun at 8° 41′ 06″ Scorpio

Aspect and station times are refined to the minute by bisection. The Moon is excluded from the aspect scan - it perfects roughly 150 aspects a month, which is what the daily table below is for.

Daily planetary positions - October 2020

Geocentric tropical ecliptic longitude at 00:00 UT. Retrograde planets marked ℞.

Date	Sun	Moon	Mercury	Venus	Mars	Jupiter	Saturn	Uranus	Neptune	Pluto
2020-10-01	8° 16′ 25″	28° 36′ 17″	3° 56′ 54″	27° 49′ 43″	25° 02′ 59″℞	17° 55′ 26″	25° 20′ 23″	9° 51′ 51″℞	19° 02′ 04″℞	22° 29′ 22″℞
2020-10-02	9° 15′ 24″	10° 35′ 13″	4° 55′ 45″	28° 59′ 27″	24° 46′ 28″℞	17° 58′ 57″	25° 20′ 37″	9° 49′ 50″℞	19° 00′ 32″℞	22° 29′ 16″℞
2020-10-03	10° 14′ 25″	22° 29′ 22″	5° 51′ 51″	0° 09′ 19″	24° 29′ 30″℞	18° 02′ 38″	25° 20′ 56″	9° 47′ 48″℞	18° 59′ 01″℞	22° 29′ 13″℞
2020-10-04	11° 13′ 28″	4° 20′ 09″	6° 44′ 59″	1° 19′ 20″	24° 12′ 05″℞	18° 06′ 30″	25° 21′ 22″	9° 45′ 45″℞	18° 57′ 31″℞	22° 29′ 11″℞
2020-10-05	12° 12′ 34″	16° 09′ 30″	7° 34′ 53″	2° 29′ 29″	23° 54′ 18″℞	18° 10′ 33″	25° 21′ 53″	9° 43′ 39″℞	18° 56′ 01″℞	22° 29′ 11″
2020-10-06	13° 11′ 41″	27° 59′ 59″	8° 21′ 16″	3° 39′ 47″	23° 36′ 10″℞	18° 14′ 46″	25° 22′ 31″	9° 41′ 33″℞	18° 54′ 33″℞	22° 29′ 12″
2020-10-07	14° 10′ 51″	9° 54′ 53″	9° 03′ 47″	4° 50′ 12″	23° 17′ 44″℞	18° 19′ 10″	25° 23′ 14″	9° 39′ 24″℞	18° 53′ 05″℞	22° 29′ 16″
2020-10-08	15° 10′ 03″	21° 58′ 15″	9° 42′ 07″	6° 00′ 45″	22° 59′ 03″℞	18° 23′ 45″	25° 24′ 04″	9° 37′ 14″℞	18° 51′ 38″℞	22° 29′ 21″
2020-10-09	16° 09′ 18″	4° 14′ 43″	10° 15′ 51″	7° 11′ 26″	22° 40′ 09″℞	18° 28′ 30″	25° 24′ 59″	9° 35′ 03″℞	18° 50′ 13″℞	22° 29′ 28″
2020-10-10	17° 08′ 34″	16° 49′ 13″	10° 44′ 36″	8° 22′ 14″	22° 21′ 06″℞	18° 33′ 25″	25° 26′ 01″	9° 32′ 50″℞	18° 48′ 48″℞	22° 29′ 37″
2020-10-11	18° 07′ 53″	29° 46′ 38″	11° 07′ 53″	9° 33′ 10″	22° 01′ 57″℞	18° 38′ 31″	25° 27′ 08″	9° 30′ 36″℞	18° 47′ 24″℞	22° 29′ 48″
2020-10-12	19° 07′ 15″	13° 11′ 03″	11° 25′ 14″	10° 44′ 13″	21° 42′ 44″℞	18° 43′ 47″	25° 28′ 21″	9° 28′ 21″℞	18° 46′ 01″℞	22° 30′ 00″
2020-10-13	20° 06′ 38″	27° 05′ 01″	11° 36′ 10″	11° 55′ 22″	21° 23′ 31″℞	18° 49′ 12″	25° 29′ 40″	9° 26′ 04″℞	18° 44′ 39″℞	22° 30′ 14″
2020-10-14	21° 06′ 04″	11° 28′ 31″	11° 40′ 09″	13° 06′ 39″	21° 04′ 21″℞	18° 54′ 48″	25° 31′ 05″	9° 23′ 46″℞	18° 43′ 19″℞	22° 30′ 30″
2020-10-15	22° 05′ 32″	26° 18′ 11″	11° 36′ 42″℞	14° 18′ 02″	20° 45′ 18″℞	19° 00′ 34″	25° 32′ 36″	9° 21′ 27″℞	18° 41′ 59″℞	22° 30′ 48″
2020-10-16	23° 05′ 02″	11° 27′ 02″	11° 25′ 21″℞	15° 29′ 31″	20° 26′ 23″℞	19° 06′ 30″	25° 34′ 13″	9° 19′ 07″℞	18° 40′ 41″℞	22° 31′ 07″
2020-10-17	24° 04′ 35″	26° 45′ 09″	11° 05′ 44″℞	16° 41′ 07″	20° 07′ 42″℞	19° 12′ 36″	25° 35′ 56″	9° 16′ 46″℞	18° 39′ 24″℞	22° 31′ 28″
2020-10-18	25° 04′ 09″	12° 01′ 17″	10° 37′ 33″℞	17° 52′ 49″	19° 49′ 15″℞	19° 18′ 51″	25° 37′ 45″	9° 14′ 24″℞	18° 38′ 09″℞	22° 31′ 51″
2020-10-19	26° 03′ 45″	27° 04′ 50″	10° 00′ 42″℞	19° 04′ 37″	19° 31′ 08″℞	19° 25′ 17″	25° 39′ 39″	9° 12′ 01″℞	18° 36′ 54″℞	22° 32′ 16″
2020-10-20	27° 03′ 24″	11° 47′ 36″	9° 15′ 18″℞	20° 16′ 30″	19° 13′ 22″℞	19° 31′ 51″	25° 41′ 39″	9° 09′ 37″℞	18° 35′ 41″℞	22° 32′ 43″
2020-10-21	28° 03′ 04″	26° 04′ 41″	8° 21′ 46″℞	21° 28′ 30″	18° 56′ 00″℞	19° 38′ 36″	25° 43′ 46″	9° 07′ 13″℞	18° 34′ 30″℞	22° 33′ 11″
2020-10-22	29° 02′ 46″	9° 54′ 32″	7° 20′ 48″℞	22° 40′ 34″	18° 39′ 05″℞	19° 45′ 29″	25° 45′ 58″	9° 04′ 48″℞	18° 33′ 20″℞	22° 33′ 42″
2020-10-23	0° 02′ 30″	23° 18′ 09″	6° 13′ 30″℞	23° 52′ 45″	18° 22′ 39″℞	19° 52′ 32″	25° 48′ 15″	9° 02′ 23″℞	18° 32′ 11″℞	22° 34′ 14″
2020-10-24	1° 02′ 15″	6° 18′ 17″	5° 01′ 22″℞	25° 05′ 00″	18° 06′ 45″℞	19° 59′ 44″	25° 50′ 39″	8° 59′ 57″℞	18° 31′ 04″℞	22° 34′ 47″
2020-10-25	2° 02′ 02″	18° 58′ 35″	3° 46′ 12″℞	26° 17′ 21″	17° 51′ 24″℞	20° 07′ 05″	25° 53′ 08″	8° 57′ 30″℞	18° 29′ 58″℞	22° 35′ 23″
2020-10-26	3° 01′ 51″	1° 22′ 54″	2° 30′ 08″℞	27° 29′ 47″	17° 36′ 39″℞	20° 14′ 34″	25° 55′ 42″	8° 55′ 03″℞	18° 28′ 54″℞	22° 36′ 00″
2020-10-27	4° 01′ 41″	13° 35′ 00″	1° 15′ 27″℞	28° 42′ 18″	17° 22′ 31″℞	20° 22′ 12″	25° 58′ 22″	8° 52′ 35″℞	18° 27′ 51″℞	22° 36′ 39″
2020-10-28	5° 01′ 33″	25° 38′ 11″	0° 04′ 27″℞	29° 54′ 54″	17° 09′ 02″℞	20° 29′ 59″	26° 01′ 07″	8° 50′ 08″℞	18° 26′ 50″℞	22° 37′ 19″
2020-10-29	6° 01′ 26″	7° 35′ 13″	28° 59′ 21″℞	1° 07′ 35″	16° 56′ 13″℞	20° 37′ 55″	26° 03′ 58″	8° 47′ 40″℞	18° 25′ 50″℞	22° 38′ 02″
2020-10-30	7° 01′ 22″	19° 28′ 21″	28° 02′ 06″℞	2° 20′ 20″	16° 44′ 06″℞	20° 45′ 59″	26° 06′ 55″	8° 45′ 11″℞	18° 24′ 52″℞	22° 38′ 46″
2020-10-31	8° 01′ 19″	1° 19′ 30″	27° 14′ 18″℞	3° 33′ 11″	16° 32′ 41″℞	20° 54′ 11″	26° 09′ 56″	8° 42′ 43″℞	18° 23′ 56″℞	22° 39′ 31″

Reference, not advice

This is cultural and astronomical reference, not personal prediction or advice.

Table positions computed at 00:00 UT each day by Astronomy Engine. Retrograde flag inferred from 24-hour ecliptic longitude delta. Timeline events are found by daily scan and then bisected to one-minute precision, so station, ingress, lunation and aspect times are exact to the minute rather than to the day.

Sources

Last reviewed 2026-05-28.