Void-of-course Moon calendar: May 2016

After the Moon makes its last major aspect in a sign, it is considered “void of course” until it enters the next sign. Things started during these hours are thought not to turn out as expected; below you can find all the void-of-course periods of the month.

May 2016: 14 void-of-course periods

  1. 1 May Sunday 05:56 – 17:33
    11 h 37 min
    Aquarius → Pisces Last aspect: square with Mercury
  2. 3 May Tuesday 08:09 – 20:04
    11 h 55 min
    Pisces → Aries Last aspect: sextile with Mercury
  3. 4 May Wednesday 20:33 – 5 May 20:10
    23 h 37 min
    Aries → Taurus Last aspect: trine with Saturn
  4. 7 May Saturday 05:11 – 19:34
    14 h 23 min
    Taurus → Gemini Last aspect: conjunction with Mercury
  5. 8 May Sunday 19:31 – 9 May 20:23
    24 h 53 min
    Gemini → Cancer Last aspect: opposition with Saturn
  6. 11 May Wednesday 08:23 – 12 May 00:32
    16 h 9 min
    Cancer → Leo Last aspect: sextile with Sun
  7. 13 May Friday 20:02 – 14 May 08:51
    12 h 49 min
    Leo → Virgo Last aspect: square with Sun
  8. 16 May Monday 12:20 – 20:32
    8 h 12 min
    Virgo → Libra Last aspect: trine with Sun
  9. 18 May Wednesday 01:33 – 19 May 09:29
    31 h 56 min
    Libra → Scorpio Last aspect: sextile with Saturn
  10. 21 May Saturday 14:40 – 21:48
    7 h 8 min
    Scorpio → Sagittarius Last aspect: opposition with Venus
  11. 23 May Monday 01:19 – 24 May 08:33
    31 h 14 min
    Sagittarius → Capricorn Last aspect: conjunction with Saturn
  12. 25 May Wednesday 12:36 – 26 May 17:26
    28 h 51 min
    Capricorn → Aquarius Last aspect: trine with Mercury
  13. 28 May Saturday 23:19 – 29 May 00:05
    46 min
    Aquarius → Pisces Last aspect: square with Mars
  14. 31 May Tuesday 02:11 – 04:09
    1 h 58 min
    Pisces → Aries Last aspect: trine with Mars

Times are in your time zone: Turkey time (UTC+3). The traditional method only counts aspects to the planets from the Sun to Saturn, so the void sometimes begins earlier. The electional astrology analysis uses this method.

Daily chart

Each row is one day; the colored sections are the hours when the Moon is void of course.