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December 1973

A partial lunar eclipse in Gemini on December 9 and a annular solar eclipse in Capricorn on December 24; the winter solstice falls on December 21.

Annular Solar Eclipse in Capricorn

2° Capricorn · December 24, 10:02 am ET

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This month

  • First Quarter · PiscesDec 2 · 8:29 pm
  • Full Moon · GeminiDec 9 · 8:35 pm
  • Last Quarter · VirgoDec 16 · 12:13 pm
  • New Moon · CapricornDec 24 · 10:08 am
  • Partial lunar eclipse · 17° GeminiDec 9 · 8:44 pm
  • Annular solar eclipse · 2° CapricornDec 24 · 10:02 am
  • Winter SolsticeDec 21 · 7:08 pm

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

Notable aspects

  • Mars opposition UranusDec 9 · 12:17 pm
  • Mars sextile SaturnDec 27 · 1:44 am
  • Mercury sextile PlutoDec 13 · 4:12 am
  • Venus trine PlutoDec 17 · 11:35 pm
  • Sun sextile UranusDec 18 · 5:51 pm
  • Venus sextile NeptuneDec 20 · 10:55 am
  • Sun opposition SaturnDec 23 · 12:48 am
  • Mercury sextile UranusDec 26 · 2:45 pm
  • Mercury trine MarsDec 29 · 1:07 pm