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December 1979

The winter solstice falls on December 22; a full moon in Gemini on December 3 and a new moon in Sagittarius on December 19.

Winter Solstice

Sun enters Capricorn · December 22, 6:10 am ET

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This month

  • Full Moon · GeminiDec 3 · 1:08 pm
  • Last Quarter · VirgoDec 11 · 9:00 am
  • New Moon · SagittariusDec 19 · 3:24 am
  • First Quarter · AriesDec 26 · 12:12 am
  • Winter SolsticeDec 22 · 6:10 am
  • Jupiter stations retrogradeDec 26 · 9:57 am

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

Notable aspects

  • Mars conjunction JupiterDec 15 · 6:15 pm
  • Sun square JupiterDec 1 · 9:15 pm
  • Venus trine MarsDec 2 · 8:11 pm
  • Mercury conjunction UranusDec 5 · 2:08 pm
  • Venus trine JupiterDec 6 · 2:29 am
  • Mercury sextile SaturnDec 9 · 6:13 am
  • Sun sextile PlutoDec 13 · 4:12 pm
  • Venus square PlutoDec 15 · 1:09 pm
  • Venus sextile UranusDec 17 · 3:29 am
  • Mercury square MarsDec 20 · 6:08 pm
  • Mercury sextile PlutoDec 27 · 1:22 pm
  • Mercury square SaturnDec 31 · 3:36 am