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December 1959

The winter solstice falls on December 22; a full moon in Gemini on December 14 and a new moon in Capricorn on December 29; Mercury retrograde ends December 3.

Winter Solstice

Sun enters Capricorn · December 22, 9:34 am ET

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This month

  • First Quarter · PiscesDec 6 · 9:12 pm
  • Full Moon · GeminiDec 14 · 11:50 pm
  • Last Quarter · LibraDec 22 · 10:29 pm
  • New Moon · CapricornDec 29 · 2:09 pm
  • Winter SolsticeDec 22 · 9:34 am
  • Mercury stations directDec 3 · 4:26 pm
  • Pluto stations retrogradeDec 8 · 3:08 pm

Mercury retrograde Nov 13 – Dec 3

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

Notable aspects

  • Saturn trine PlutoDec 3 · 6:45 am
  • Mars square PlutoDec 12 · 5:02 am
  • Saturn sextile NeptuneDec 23 · 3:59 pm
  • Mars conjunction JupiterDec 28 · 5:07 pm
  • Sun conjunction JupiterDec 5 · 1:34 pm
  • Mercury square PlutoDec 18 · 12:42 pm
  • Venus square UranusDec 25 · 8:08 am
  • Mercury conjunction JupiterDec 26 · 7:48 pm
  • Sun trine PlutoDec 28 · 8:29 am
  • Sun sextile NeptuneDec 30 · 9:41 pm
  • Sun conjunction SaturnDec 31 · 3:49 pm