{
 "title": "The sky in 2027: moon phases, eclipses, retrogrades and planet signs",
 "publisher": "Tarot Claritas",
 "url": "https://tarotclaritas.com/2027-facts.json",
 "updated": "2026-11-07",
 "timezone": "UTC",
 "zodiac": "tropical, geocentric, ecliptic of date",
 "method": "Calculated with Astronomy Engine (Don Cross, MIT licence) and checked against the NASA eclipse catalogue and published 2027 astrology calendars. Times are rounded to the minute; stations of slow planets are given to the day, because a station is a gradual turning point.",
 "licence": "Free to use and cite with a link to https://tarotclaritas.com/",
 "sources": [
  "https://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/",
  "https://github.com/cosinekitty/astronomy",
  "https://cafeastrology.com/astrology-of-2027.html"
 ],
 "related_pages": {
  "horoscope_and_tarot_2027_by_sign": "https://tarotclaritas.com/tarot-2027/",
  "tarot_2027_year_ahead": "https://tarotclaritas.com/journal/tarot-2027-your-year-ahead/",
  "full_moon_calendar_2027": "https://tarotclaritas.com/learn/full-moon-calendar-2027/",
  "mercury_retrograde_2027": "https://tarotclaritas.com/learn/mercury-retrograde-2027/",
  "eclipses_2027": "https://tarotclaritas.com/learn/eclipses-2027/",
  "personal_year_2027": "https://tarotclaritas.com/learn/personal-year-2027/",
  "birth_chart_calculator": "https://tarotclaritas.com/tools/birth-chart-calculator/"
 },
 "numerology": {
  "year_number": 11,
  "calculation": "2+0+2+7 = 11",
  "tarot_card": "Justice (card 11 in most modern decks)",
  "reading": "Tarot Claritas reads 2027 as a Justice year: fairness, honest choices and consequences."
 },
 "seasons": {
  "march_equinox": "2027-03-20T20:24Z",
  "june_solstice": "2027-06-21T14:10Z",
  "september_equinox": "2027-09-23T06:01Z",
  "december_solstice": "2027-12-22T02:42Z"
 },
 "full_moons": [
  {
   "utc": "2027-01-22T12:17Z",
   "name": "Wolf Moon",
   "sign": "Leo",
   "position": "2°14′ Leo",
   "distance_km": 357635,
   "note": "closest full moon of 2027"
  },
  {
   "utc": "2027-02-20T23:24Z",
   "name": "Snow Moon",
   "sign": "Virgo",
   "position": "2°05′ Virgo",
   "distance_km": 363296,
   "note": "coincides with a penumbral lunar eclipse"
  },
  {
   "utc": "2027-03-22T10:44Z",
   "name": "Worm Moon",
   "sign": "Libra",
   "position": "1°35′ Libra",
   "distance_km": 372518
  },
  {
   "utc": "2027-04-20T22:27Z",
   "name": "Pink Moon",
   "sign": "Scorpio",
   "position": "0°37′ Scorpio",
   "distance_km": 383421
  },
  {
   "utc": "2027-05-20T10:59Z",
   "name": "Flower Moon",
   "sign": "Scorpio",
   "position": "29°13′ Scorpio",
   "distance_km": 393893
  },
  {
   "utc": "2027-06-19T00:45Z",
   "name": "Strawberry Moon",
   "sign": "Sagittarius",
   "position": "27°33′ Sagittarius",
   "distance_km": 401943
  },
  {
   "utc": "2027-07-18T15:45Z",
   "name": "Buck Moon",
   "sign": "Capricorn",
   "position": "25°49′ Capricorn",
   "distance_km": 405968,
   "note": "coincides with a penumbral lunar eclipse"
  },
  {
   "utc": "2027-08-17T07:29Z",
   "name": "Sturgeon Moon",
   "sign": "Aquarius",
   "position": "24°12′ Aquarius",
   "distance_km": 405069,
   "note": "coincides with a penumbral lunar eclipse"
  },
  {
   "utc": "2027-09-15T23:04Z",
   "name": "Harvest Moon",
   "sign": "Pisces",
   "position": "22°53′ Pisces",
   "distance_km": 399341
  },
  {
   "utc": "2027-10-15T13:47Z",
   "name": "Hunter's Moon",
   "sign": "Aries",
   "position": "21°59′ Aries",
   "distance_km": 389926
  },
  {
   "utc": "2027-11-14T03:26Z",
   "name": "Beaver Moon",
   "sign": "Taurus",
   "position": "21°31′ Taurus",
   "distance_km": 378754
  },
  {
   "utc": "2027-12-13T16:09Z",
   "name": "Cold Moon",
   "sign": "Gemini",
   "position": "21°25′ Gemini",
   "distance_km": 368131
  }
 ],
 "new_moons": [
  {
   "utc": "2027-01-07T20:25Z",
   "sign": "Capricorn",
   "position": "17°18′ Capricorn"
  },
  {
   "utc": "2027-02-06T15:56Z",
   "sign": "Aquarius",
   "position": "17°38′ Aquarius",
   "note": "annular solar eclipse"
  },
  {
   "utc": "2027-03-08T09:30Z",
   "sign": "Pisces",
   "position": "17°35′ Pisces"
  },
  {
   "utc": "2027-04-06T23:51Z",
   "sign": "Aries",
   "position": "16°57′ Aries"
  },
  {
   "utc": "2027-05-06T10:59Z",
   "sign": "Taurus",
   "position": "15°42′ Taurus"
  },
  {
   "utc": "2027-06-04T19:40Z",
   "sign": "Gemini",
   "position": "13°58′ Gemini"
  },
  {
   "utc": "2027-07-04T03:02Z",
   "sign": "Cancer",
   "position": "11°57′ Cancer"
  },
  {
   "utc": "2027-08-02T10:05Z",
   "sign": "Leo",
   "position": "9°55′ Leo",
   "note": "total solar eclipse"
  },
  {
   "utc": "2027-08-31T17:41Z",
   "sign": "Virgo",
   "position": "8°06′ Virgo"
  },
  {
   "utc": "2027-09-30T02:36Z",
   "sign": "Libra",
   "position": "6°43′ Libra"
  },
  {
   "utc": "2027-10-29T13:37Z",
   "sign": "Scorpio",
   "position": "5°54′ Scorpio"
  },
  {
   "utc": "2027-11-28T03:24Z",
   "sign": "Sagittarius",
   "position": "5°39′ Sagittarius"
  },
  {
   "utc": "2027-12-27T20:12Z",
   "sign": "Capricorn",
   "position": "5°50′ Capricorn"
  }
 ],
 "eclipses": [
  {
   "utc": "2027-02-06T15:59Z",
   "type": "annular solar eclipse",
   "sign": "Aquarius",
   "position": "17°37′ Aquarius"
  },
  {
   "utc": "2027-02-20T23:12Z",
   "type": "penumbral lunar eclipse",
   "sign": "Virgo",
   "position": "1°58′ Virgo"
  },
  {
   "utc": "2027-07-18T16:02Z",
   "type": "penumbral lunar eclipse",
   "sign": "Capricorn",
   "position": "25°57′ Capricorn"
  },
  {
   "utc": "2027-08-02T10:06Z",
   "type": "total solar eclipse",
   "sign": "Leo",
   "position": "9°55′ Leo",
   "visibility": "Totality over southern Spain, Gibraltar, North Africa, Egypt and Arabia; the longest totality, about 6 minutes 23 seconds, is near Luxor."
  },
  {
   "utc": "2027-08-17T07:13Z",
   "type": "penumbral lunar eclipse",
   "sign": "Aquarius",
   "position": "24°04′ Aquarius"
  }
 ],
 "retrogrades": [
  {
   "planet": "Mars",
   "retrograde": "2027-01-10T12:59Z",
   "direct": "2027-04-01T14:08Z",
   "from_sign": "Virgo",
   "to_sign": "Leo",
   "note": "Mars moves back from Virgo into Leo on 21 February and returns to Virgo on 14 May."
  },
  {
   "planet": "Mercury",
   "retrograde": "2027-02-09T17:36Z",
   "direct": "2027-03-03T12:32Z",
   "from_sign": "Pisces",
   "to_sign": "Aquarius"
  },
  {
   "planet": "Mercury",
   "retrograde": "2027-06-10T18:15Z",
   "direct": "2027-07-04T19:39Z",
   "from_sign": "Cancer",
   "to_sign": "Gemini"
  },
  {
   "planet": "Mercury",
   "retrograde": "2027-10-07T14:37Z",
   "direct": "2027-10-28T14:10Z",
   "from_sign": "Scorpio",
   "to_sign": "Libra"
  },
  {
   "planet": "Jupiter",
   "retrograde": "2026-12-13",
   "direct": "2027-04-13",
   "from_sign": "Leo",
   "to_sign": "Leo",
   "note": "Direct on the evening of 12 April in the Americas."
  },
  {
   "planet": "Pluto",
   "retrograde": "2027-05-08",
   "direct": "2027-10-18",
   "from_sign": "Aquarius",
   "to_sign": "Aquarius"
  },
  {
   "planet": "Neptune",
   "retrograde": "2027-07-09",
   "direct": "2027-12-15",
   "from_sign": "Aries",
   "to_sign": "Aries"
  },
  {
   "planet": "Saturn",
   "retrograde": "2027-08-09",
   "direct": "2027-12-24",
   "from_sign": "Aries",
   "to_sign": "Aries",
   "note": "Direct on the evening of 23 December in the Americas."
  },
  {
   "planet": "Uranus",
   "retrograde": "2027-09-15",
   "direct": "2028-02-13",
   "from_sign": "Gemini",
   "to_sign": "Gemini",
   "note": "Uranus is also retrograde from the start of 2027 until it turns direct on 8 February 2027."
  }
 ],
 "venus_retrograde_in_2027": false,
 "planets_in_2027": {
  "Jupiter": "Leo until 26 July 2027 (04:49 UTC), then Virgo for the rest of the year",
  "Saturn": "Aries all year",
  "Uranus": "Gemini all year",
  "Neptune": "Aries all year",
  "Pluto": "Aquarius all year"
 },
 "ingresses": [
  {
   "utc": "2027-02-21",
   "planet": "Mars",
   "sign": "Leo",
   "note": "retrograde"
  },
  {
   "utc": "2027-05-14",
   "planet": "Mars",
   "sign": "Virgo"
  },
  {
   "utc": "2027-07-15",
   "planet": "Mars",
   "sign": "Libra"
  },
  {
   "utc": "2027-07-26T04:49Z",
   "planet": "Jupiter",
   "sign": "Virgo"
  },
  {
   "utc": "2027-09-02",
   "planet": "Mars",
   "sign": "Scorpio"
  },
  {
   "utc": "2027-10-16",
   "planet": "Mars",
   "sign": "Sagittarius"
  },
  {
   "utc": "2027-11-25",
   "planet": "Mars",
   "sign": "Capricorn"
  }
 ]
}