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December 1961

The winter solstice falls on December 21; a full moon in Gemini on December 21 and a new moon in Sagittarius on December 7.

Winter Solstice

Sun enters Capricorn · December 21, 9:20 pm ET

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This month

  • New Moon · SagittariusDec 7 · 6:52 pm
  • First Quarter · PiscesDec 14 · 3:06 pm
  • Full Moon · GeminiDec 21 · 7:43 pm
  • Last Quarter · LibraDec 29 · 10:57 pm
  • Winter SolsticeDec 21 · 9:20 pm
  • Uranus stations retrogradeDec 5 · 11:41 pm
  • Pluto stations retrogradeDec 12 · 6:35 am

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

Notable aspects

  • Mars trine UranusDec 25 · 1:00 am
  • Mercury square UranusDec 1 · 2:08 am
  • Sun square PlutoDec 2 · 7:43 am
  • Mercury sextile JupiterDec 3 · 5:38 pm
  • Venus sextile JupiterDec 9 · 1:20 pm
  • Venus square PlutoDec 13 · 12:03 am
  • Mercury conjunction MarsDec 15 · 2:43 pm
  • Sun conjunction Mercury · cazimiDec 16 · 3:03 am
  • Mercury trine UranusDec 20 · 2:57 am
  • Sun trine UranusDec 22 · 7:21 am
  • Mercury trine PlutoDec 26 · 3:34 am
  • Mercury sextile NeptuneDec 27 · 8:55 pm
  • Sun trine PlutoDec 31 · 5:40 pm