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December 1985

The winter solstice falls on December 21; a full moon in Cancer on December 27 and a new moon in Sagittarius on December 11; Mercury retrograde ends December 8.

Winter Solstice

Sun enters Capricorn · December 21, 5:08 pm ET

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This month

  • Last Quarter · VirgoDec 5 · 4:02 am
  • New Moon · SagittariusDec 11 · 7:55 pm
  • First Quarter · PiscesDec 18 · 8:59 pm
  • Full Moon · CancerDec 27 · 2:31 am
  • Winter SolsticeDec 21 · 5:08 pm
  • Mercury stations directDec 8 · 6:25 am

Mercury retrograde Nov 18 – Dec 8

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

Notable aspects

  • Mars conjunction PlutoDec 25 · 1:45 pm
  • Mars sextile NeptuneDec 19 · 3:41 pm
  • Mercury conjunction SaturnDec 2 · 11:28 am
  • Sun conjunction UranusDec 10 · 2:45 am
  • Venus sextile JupiterDec 15 · 4:05 am
  • Mercury conjunction SaturnDec 16 · 3:05 pm
  • Sun conjunction NeptuneDec 24 · 11:32 pm
  • Sun sextile PlutoDec 28 · 10:10 am
  • Venus conjunction NeptuneDec 29 · 11:20 pm