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December 1998

The winter solstice falls on December 21; a full moon in Gemini on December 3 and a new moon in Sagittarius on December 18; Mercury retrograde ends December 11.

Winter Solstice

Sun enters Capricorn · December 21, 8:57 pm ET

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This month

  • Full Moon · GeminiDec 3 · 10:20 am
  • Last Quarter · VirgoDec 10 · 12:54 pm
  • New Moon · SagittariusDec 18 · 5:43 pm
  • First Quarter · AriesDec 26 · 5:47 am
  • Winter SolsticeDec 21 · 8:57 pm
  • Mercury stations directDec 11 · 1:33 am
  • Saturn stations directDec 29 · 10:46 am

Mercury retrograde Nov 21 – Dec 11

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

Notable aspects

  • Mars sextile PlutoDec 12 · 12:01 pm
  • Mars trine UranusDec 15 · 7:57 pm
  • Sun conjunction Mercury · cazimiDec 1 · 10:24 am
  • Mercury conjunction PlutoDec 2 · 7:44 am
  • Mercury sextile MarsDec 5 · 5:02 am
  • Venus trine SaturnDec 9 · 6:51 am
  • Mercury conjunction PlutoDec 22 · 1:30 am
  • Mercury sextile UranusDec 23 · 2:19 pm
  • Venus sextile JupiterDec 28 · 4:41 pm