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December 1952

The winter solstice falls on December 21; five lunations in a single month; Mercury retrograde ends December 9.

Winter Solstice

Sun enters Capricorn · December 21, 4:43 pm ET

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This month

  • Full Moon · GeminiDec 1 · 7:42 am
  • Last Quarter · VirgoDec 9 · 8:22 am
  • New Moon · SagittariusDec 16 · 9:03 pm
  • First Quarter · AriesDec 23 · 2:52 pm
  • Full Moon · CancerDec 31 · 12:06 am
  • Winter SolsticeDec 21 · 4:43 pm
  • Mercury stations directDec 9 · 8:31 pm

Mercury retrograde Nov 20 – Dec 9

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

Notable aspects

  • Neptune sextile PlutoDec 7 · 4:13 am
  • Mars opposition PlutoDec 21 · 5:40 pm
  • Mars trine NeptuneDec 22 · 8:27 am
  • Mars trine SaturnDec 25 · 6:15 am
  • Mars square JupiterDec 7 · 6:09 pm
  • Venus square NeptuneDec 4 · 8:11 pm
  • Venus square SaturnDec 5 · 5:11 pm
  • Sun trine PlutoDec 14 · 11:46 pm
  • Sun sextile NeptuneDec 15 · 5:46 am
  • Venus square JupiterDec 20 · 4:56 am