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December 1983

A annular solar eclipse in Sagittarius on December 4 and a penumbral lunar eclipse in Gemini on December 19; the winter solstice falls on December 22; Mercury stations retrograde on December 21.

Annular Solar Eclipse in Sagittarius

11° Sagittarius · December 4, 7:30 am ET

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This month

  • New Moon · SagittariusDec 4 · 7:26 am
  • First Quarter · PiscesDec 12 · 8:10 am
  • Full Moon · GeminiDec 19 · 9:01 pm
  • Last Quarter · LibraDec 26 · 1:53 pm
  • Annular solar eclipse · 11° SagittariusDec 4 · 7:30 am
  • Penumbral lunar eclipse · 27° GeminiDec 19 · 8:49 pm
  • Winter SolsticeDec 22 · 5:30 am
  • Mercury stations retrogradeDec 21 · 7:53 pm

Mercury retrograde Dec 21 – Jan 10

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

Notable aspects

  • Mars sextile UranusDec 4 · 1:54 pm
  • Sun conjunction UranusDec 1 · 10:08 pm
  • Mercury conjunction NeptuneDec 3 · 12:55 am
  • Mercury sextile PlutoDec 5 · 12:53 am
  • Venus conjunction PlutoDec 7 · 11:14 am
  • Mercury sextile SaturnDec 14 · 2:53 am
  • Venus conjunction SaturnDec 17 · 6:35 am
  • Mercury sextile VenusDec 20 · 2:04 pm
  • Sun sextile PlutoDec 23 · 7:28 pm
  • Mercury sextile SaturnDec 27 · 12:19 pm
  • Sun conjunction Mercury · cazimiDec 31 · 2:40 am