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December 2001

A annular solar eclipse in Sagittarius on December 14 and a penumbral lunar eclipse in Cancer on December 30; the winter solstice falls on December 21.

Annular Solar Eclipse in Sagittarius

22° Sagittarius · December 14, 3:52 pm ET

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This month

  • Last Quarter · VirgoDec 7 · 2:52 pm
  • New Moon · SagittariusDec 14 · 3:48 pm
  • First Quarter · AriesDec 22 · 3:57 pm
  • Full Moon · CancerDec 30 · 5:41 am
  • Annular solar eclipse · 22° SagittariusDec 14 · 3:52 pm
  • Penumbral lunar eclipse · 8° CancerDec 30 · 5:29 am
  • Winter SolsticeDec 21 · 2:22 pm

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

Notable aspects

  • Mars square PlutoDec 30 · 1:54 pm
  • Mars square SaturnDec 22 · 8:43 am
  • Mars trine JupiterDec 24 · 2:57 pm
  • Sun opposition SaturnDec 3 · 9:18 am
  • Sun conjunction Mercury · cazimiDec 4 · 4:35 pm
  • Mercury conjunction PlutoDec 6 · 3:13 am
  • Mercury sextile UranusDec 10 · 6:54 am
  • Sun sextile UranusDec 13 · 10:45 am
  • Venus sextile UranusDec 19 · 4:38 pm
  • Mercury opposition JupiterDec 23 · 1:59 am