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December 1939

The winter solstice falls on December 22; a full moon in Cancer on December 26 and a new moon in Sagittarius on December 10; Mercury retrograde ends December 8.

Winter Solstice

Sun enters Capricorn · December 22, 1:06 pm ET

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This month

  • Last Quarter · VirgoDec 3 · 3:41 pm
  • New Moon · SagittariusDec 10 · 4:46 pm
  • First Quarter · PiscesDec 18 · 4:04 pm
  • Full Moon · CancerDec 26 · 6:29 am
  • Winter SolsticeDec 22 · 1:06 pm
  • Mercury stations directDec 8 · 1:24 am
  • Saturn stations directDec 27 · 8:10 pm
  • Neptune stations retrogradeDec 28 · 9:07 am

Mercury retrograde Nov 18 – Dec 8

All times Eastern (America/New_York) — the printed edition's anchor.

Notable aspects

  • Mars opposition NeptuneDec 28 · 4:14 am
  • Mars sextile UranusDec 17 · 10:43 pm
  • Mercury trine JupiterDec 4 · 6:59 am
  • Mercury trine JupiterDec 12 · 7:09 pm
  • Mercury trine PlutoDec 16 · 11:51 am
  • Venus trine NeptuneDec 21 · 11:32 am