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December 1982

A partial solar eclipse in Sagittarius on December 15 and a total lunar eclipse in Cancer on December 30; the winter solstice falls on December 21.

Total Lunar Eclipse in Cancer

8° Cancer · December 30, 6:29 am ET

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This month

  • Last Quarter · VirgoDec 7 · 10:54 am
  • New Moon · SagittariusDec 15 · 4:19 am
  • First Quarter · AriesDec 23 · 9:17 am
  • Full Moon · CancerDec 30 · 6:33 am
  • Partial solar eclipse · 23° SagittariusDec 15 · 4:31 am
  • Total lunar eclipse · 8° CancerDec 30 · 6:29 am
  • Winter SolsticeDec 21 · 11:38 pm

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

Notable aspects

  • Mars square PlutoDec 8 · 7:58 am
  • Mars sextile UranusDec 17 · 10:23 pm
  • Mars square SaturnDec 11 · 3:35 pm
  • Mars sextile JupiterDec 4 · 4:12 am
  • Mercury conjunction VenusDec 2 · 2:55 am
  • Mercury sextile PlutoDec 9 · 7:01 pm
  • Venus sextile PlutoDec 11 · 3:38 pm
  • Venus sextile SaturnDec 13 · 6:51 pm
  • Sun conjunction NeptuneDec 18 · 7:10 pm
  • Sun sextile SaturnDec 24 · 6:49 am
  • Mercury square PlutoDec 31 · 12:01 pm