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December 1963

A total lunar eclipse in Cancer on December 30; the winter solstice falls on December 22; Mercury stations retrograde on December 26.

Total Lunar Eclipse in Cancer

8° Cancer · December 30, 6:07 am ET

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This month

  • Last Quarter · VirgoDec 7 · 4:35 pm
  • New Moon · SagittariusDec 15 · 9:07 pm
  • First Quarter · AriesDec 23 · 2:55 pm
  • Full Moon · CancerDec 30 · 6:04 am
  • Total lunar eclipse · 8° CancerDec 30 · 6:07 am
  • Winter SolsticeDec 22 · 9:02 am
  • Jupiter stations directDec 5 · 5:07 am
  • Uranus stations retrogradeDec 16 · 12:24 am
  • Pluto stations retrogradeDec 17 · 2:19 am
  • Mercury stations retrogradeDec 26 · 4:42 am

Mercury retrograde Dec 26 – Jan 15

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

Notable aspects

  • Mars trine PlutoDec 23 · 6:08 pm
  • Mars sextile NeptuneDec 27 · 10:35 am
  • Mars trine UranusDec 18 · 8:49 am
  • Mars square JupiterDec 18 · 1:04 am
  • Sun square UranusDec 2 · 4:39 pm
  • Venus trine PlutoDec 10 · 8:44 pm
  • Sun sextile SaturnDec 11 · 2:58 am
  • Venus sextile NeptuneDec 12 · 7:12 pm
  • Mercury trine UranusDec 13 · 5:08 am
  • Mercury sextile NeptuneDec 19 · 12:35 am