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December 1964

A partial solar eclipse in Sagittarius on December 3 and a total lunar eclipse in Gemini on December 18; the winter solstice falls on December 21; Mercury is retrograde Dec 9 through Dec 28.

Total Lunar Eclipse in Gemini

27° Gemini · December 18, 9:37 pm ET

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This month

  • New Moon · SagittariusDec 3 · 8:19 pm
  • First Quarter · PiscesDec 12 · 1:02 am
  • Full Moon · GeminiDec 18 · 9:42 pm
  • Last Quarter · LibraDec 25 · 2:27 pm
  • Partial solar eclipse · 11° SagittariusDec 3 · 8:31 pm
  • Total lunar eclipse · 27° GeminiDec 18 · 9:37 pm
  • Winter SolsticeDec 21 · 2:50 pm
  • Mercury stations retrogradeDec 9 · 2:06 am
  • Pluto stations retrogradeDec 18 · 1:02 pm
  • Uranus stations retrogradeDec 20 · 1:14 am
  • Mercury stations directDec 28 · 9:18 pm

Mercury retrograde Dec 9 – Dec 28

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Notable aspects

  • Mars conjunction PlutoDec 10 · 7:11 am
  • Jupiter trine PlutoDec 30 · 6:38 pm
  • Jupiter opposition NeptuneDec 3 · 11:22 am
  • Mars sextile NeptuneDec 16 · 8:11 pm
  • Mars conjunction UranusDec 6 · 2:01 pm
  • Mars trine JupiterDec 13 · 2:12 am
  • Venus sextile PlutoDec 8 · 1:17 am
  • Sun sextile SaturnDec 22 · 1:37 am
  • Mercury square MarsDec 23 · 8:01 am