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December 1996

The winter solstice falls on December 21; a full moon in Cancer on December 24 and a new moon in Sagittarius on December 10; Mercury stations retrograde on December 23.

Winter Solstice

Sun enters Capricorn · December 21, 9:06 am ET

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This month

  • Last Quarter · VirgoDec 3 · 12:06 am
  • New Moon · SagittariusDec 10 · 11:57 am
  • First Quarter · PiscesDec 17 · 4:32 am
  • Full Moon · CancerDec 24 · 3:42 pm
  • Winter SolsticeDec 21 · 9:06 am
  • Saturn stations directDec 3 · 7:44 am
  • Mercury stations retrogradeDec 23 · 2:47 pm

Mercury retrograde Dec 23 – Jan 12

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

Notable aspects

  • Mars trine NeptuneDec 24 · 6:15 am
  • Mars trine JupiterDec 8 · 4:37 am
  • Venus sextile JupiterDec 9 · 1:20 am
  • Venus sextile NeptuneDec 13 · 11:33 pm
  • Venus sextile UranusDec 19 · 2:28 am
  • Venus conjunction PlutoDec 20 · 5:06 am
  • Sun square SaturnDec 22 · 7:08 am