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December 1988

The winter solstice falls on December 21; five lunations in a single month.

Winter Solstice

Sun enters Capricorn · December 21, 10:28 am ET

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This month

  • Last Quarter · VirgoDec 1 · 1:50 am
  • New Moon · SagittariusDec 9 · 12:37 am
  • First Quarter · PiscesDec 16 · 12:41 am
  • Full Moon · CancerDec 23 · 12:30 am
  • Last Quarter · LibraDec 30 · 11:57 pm
  • Winter SolsticeDec 21 · 10:28 am

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

Notable aspects

  • Mars square NeptuneDec 7 · 11:35 am
  • Sun conjunction Mercury · cazimiDec 1 · 4:23 am
  • Venus conjunction PlutoDec 4 · 10:05 am
  • Mercury conjunction NeptuneDec 20 · 7:02 am
  • Sun conjunction UranusDec 22 · 2:45 pm
  • Mercury square MarsDec 24 · 10:08 pm
  • Sun conjunction SaturnDec 26 · 6:58 am
  • Sun conjunction NeptuneDec 31 · 3:38 am