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December 1953

The winter solstice falls on December 21; a full moon in Gemini on December 20 and a new moon in Sagittarius on December 6.

Winter Solstice

Sun enters Capricorn · December 21, 10:32 pm ET

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This month

  • New Moon · SagittariusDec 6 · 5:49 am
  • First Quarter · PiscesDec 13 · 11:31 am
  • Full Moon · GeminiDec 20 · 6:44 am
  • Last Quarter · LibraDec 28 · 12:44 am
  • Winter SolsticeDec 21 · 10:32 pm

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

Notable aspects

  • Mars sextile PlutoDec 11 · 10:47 pm
  • Mars conjunction NeptuneDec 12 · 7:32 pm
  • Mars square UranusDec 7 · 7:15 pm
  • Mars trine JupiterDec 7 · 10:42 am
  • Venus square PlutoDec 1 · 12:09 pm
  • Mercury trine UranusDec 4 · 4:38 pm
  • Sun trine PlutoDec 16 · 10:45 pm
  • Sun sextile NeptuneDec 17 · 2:46 pm
  • Mercury opposition JupiterDec 23 · 11:58 pm
  • Sun sextile MarsDec 24 · 8:45 am
  • Venus trine PlutoDec 25 · 5:09 am
  • Mercury trine PlutoDec 27 · 3:25 am