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December 1956

A partial solar eclipse in Sagittarius on December 2; the winter solstice falls on December 21.

Partial Solar Eclipse in Sagittarius

10° Sagittarius · December 2, 3:00 am ET

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This month

  • New Moon · SagittariusDec 2 · 3:13 am
  • First Quarter · PiscesDec 10 · 6:52 am
  • Full Moon · GeminiDec 17 · 2:07 pm
  • Last Quarter · LibraDec 24 · 5:10 am
  • New Moon · CapricornDec 31 · 9:14 pm
  • Partial solar eclipse · 10° SagittariusDec 2 · 3:00 am
  • Winter SolsticeDec 21 · 4:00 pm
  • Pluto stations retrogradeDec 2 · 2:12 am

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

Notable aspects

  • Saturn trine UranusDec 8 · 3:04 pm
  • Mars trine UranusDec 18 · 3:39 pm
  • Mars trine SaturnDec 22 · 12:01 am
  • Mars opposition JupiterDec 4 · 7:33 am
  • Mercury square JupiterDec 7 · 5:28 pm
  • Mercury sextile NeptuneDec 9 · 6:03 am
  • Venus sextile JupiterDec 20 · 2:56 am
  • Sun trine PlutoDec 22 · 12:24 am
  • Sun sextile NeptuneDec 23 · 6:13 pm
  • Venus conjunction SaturnDec 26 · 2:30 pm
  • Venus trine MarsDec 29 · 1:27 pm