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December 1940

The winter solstice falls on December 21; a full moon in Gemini on December 14 and a new moon in Capricorn on December 28.

Winter Solstice

Sun enters Capricorn · December 21, 6:55 pm ET

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This month

  • First Quarter · PiscesDec 6 · 11:01 am
  • Full Moon · GeminiDec 14 · 2:38 pm
  • Last Quarter · LibraDec 21 · 8:46 pm
  • New Moon · CapricornDec 28 · 3:56 pm
  • Winter SolsticeDec 21 · 6:55 pm
  • Neptune stations retrogradeDec 29 · 7:17 pm
  • Jupiter stations directDec 30 · 8:17 pm

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

Notable aspects

  • Mars opposition UranusDec 24 · 5:37 pm
  • Mars opposition SaturnDec 4 · 5:16 am
  • Mars opposition JupiterDec 1 · 8:11 am
  • Venus opposition JupiterDec 2 · 1:44 am
  • Venus opposition SaturnDec 3 · 4:49 pm
  • Mercury opposition UranusDec 4 · 12:49 pm
  • Mercury sextile NeptuneDec 7 · 2:16 pm
  • Mercury trine PlutoDec 12 · 2:47 am
  • Venus sextile NeptuneDec 18 · 5:26 pm
  • Sun square NeptuneDec 19 · 11:57 am
  • Venus trine PlutoDec 23 · 4:56 pm
  • Mercury square NeptuneDec 27 · 5:06 pm