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December 1976

The winter solstice falls on December 21; a full moon in Gemini on December 6 and a new moon in Sagittarius on December 20; Mercury stations retrograde on December 27.

Winter Solstice

Sun enters Capricorn · December 21, 12:35 pm ET

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This month

  • Full Moon · GeminiDec 6 · 1:15 pm
  • Last Quarter · VirgoDec 14 · 5:15 am
  • New Moon · SagittariusDec 20 · 9:08 pm
  • First Quarter · AriesDec 28 · 2:48 am
  • Winter SolsticeDec 21 · 12:35 pm
  • Mercury stations retrogradeDec 27 · 11:37 pm

Mercury retrograde Dec 27 – Jan 17

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

Notable aspects

  • Neptune sextile PlutoDec 6 · 12:33 am
  • Mars sextile PlutoDec 9 · 9:07 pm
  • Mars conjunction NeptuneDec 9 · 11:12 pm
  • Mars trine SaturnDec 13 · 6:28 pm
  • Venus trine JupiterDec 4 · 6:18 am
  • Sun sextile PlutoDec 5 · 11:42 am
  • Sun trine SaturnDec 8 · 12:24 pm
  • Mercury sextile UranusDec 13 · 3:30 am
  • Mercury square PlutoDec 16 · 1:15 am
  • Venus square UranusDec 18 · 2:19 am
  • Venus opposition SaturnDec 23 · 6:15 am
  • Mercury trine JupiterDec 24 · 1:16 am