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December 1990

The winter solstice falls on December 21; five lunations in a single month; Mercury stations retrograde on December 14.

Winter Solstice

Sun enters Capricorn · December 21, 10:07 pm ET

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This month

  • Full Moon · GeminiDec 2 · 2:50 am
  • Last Quarter · VirgoDec 8 · 9:05 pm
  • New Moon · SagittariusDec 16 · 11:23 pm
  • First Quarter · AriesDec 24 · 10:16 pm
  • Full Moon · CancerDec 31 · 1:36 pm
  • Winter SolsticeDec 21 · 10:07 pm
  • Mercury stations retrogradeDec 14 · 4:07 pm

Mercury retrograde Dec 14 – Jan 3

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

Notable aspects

  • Sun trine JupiterDec 5 · 5:45 pm
  • Mercury conjunction UranusDec 10 · 5:39 am
  • Mercury conjunction UranusDec 18 · 2:10 am
  • Venus conjunction UranusDec 19 · 5:56 am
  • Venus conjunction NeptuneDec 23 · 1:52 am
  • Sun conjunction Mercury · cazimiDec 24 · 2:38 am
  • Venus sextile PlutoDec 27 · 2:28 pm