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December 1950

The winter solstice falls on December 22; a full moon in Cancer on December 24 and a new moon in Sagittarius on December 9; Mercury stations retrograde on December 23.

Winter Solstice

Sun enters Capricorn · December 22, 5:13 am ET

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This month

  • Last Quarter · VirgoDec 2 · 11:22 am
  • New Moon · SagittariusDec 9 · 4:29 am
  • First Quarter · PiscesDec 16 · 12:57 am
  • Full Moon · CancerDec 24 · 5:24 am
  • Winter SolsticeDec 22 · 5:13 am
  • Mercury stations retrogradeDec 23 · 9:47 am

Mercury retrograde Dec 23 – Jan 12

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

Notable aspects

  • Mars trine SaturnDec 17 · 10:40 am
  • Venus sextile NeptuneDec 5 · 11:51 pm
  • Venus trine PlutoDec 6 · 4:18 pm
  • Mercury opposition UranusDec 10 · 9:50 pm
  • Sun sextile NeptuneDec 11 · 11:31 am
  • Sun trine PlutoDec 12 · 3:45 am
  • Venus opposition UranusDec 21 · 12:09 am
  • Sun sextile JupiterDec 25 · 6:03 pm
  • Mercury conjunction VenusDec 27 · 6:50 pm
  • Sun opposition UranusDec 29 · 12:44 pm
  • Venus square NeptuneDec 30 · 5:28 am