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December 1981

The winter solstice falls on December 21; a full moon in Gemini on December 11 and a new moon in Capricorn on December 26.

Winter Solstice

Sun enters Capricorn · December 21, 5:51 pm ET

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This month

  • First Quarter · PiscesDec 4 · 11:23 am
  • Full Moon · GeminiDec 11 · 3:42 am
  • Last Quarter · VirgoDec 18 · 12:48 am
  • New Moon · CapricornDec 26 · 5:11 am
  • Winter SolsticeDec 21 · 5:51 pm
  • Venus stations retrogradeDec 31 · 2:46 pm

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

Notable aspects

  • Mars square NeptuneDec 3 · 4:50 pm
  • Mars sextile UranusDec 20 · 5:46 am
  • Venus square PlutoDec 3 · 5:26 am
  • Sun conjunction Mercury · cazimiDec 10 · 9:54 am
  • Sun sextile SaturnDec 12 · 1:04 am
  • Venus square JupiterDec 13 · 1:20 pm
  • Mercury conjunction NeptuneDec 14 · 5:37 am
  • Sun conjunction NeptuneDec 16 · 9:48 am