Skip to main content

December 2003

The winter solstice falls on December 22; a full moon in Gemini on December 8 and a new moon in Capricorn on December 23; Mercury stations retrograde on December 17.

Winter Solstice

Sun enters Capricorn · December 22, 2:04 am ET

SUN
MON
TUE
WED
THU
FRI
SAT
30
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17℞︎
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Full moonNew moonSolar eclipseLunar eclipseEclipse portalMercury retrogradeStationGateway

This month

  • Full Moon · GeminiDec 8 · 3:37 pm
  • Last Quarter · VirgoDec 16 · 12:43 pm
  • New Moon · CapricornDec 23 · 4:44 am
  • First Quarter · AriesDec 30 · 5:04 am
  • Winter SolsticeDec 22 · 2:04 am
  • Mercury stations retrogradeDec 17 · 11:02 am

Mercury retrograde Dec 17 – Jan 6

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

Notable aspects

  • Sun sextile NeptuneDec 3 · 6:40 am
  • Venus opposition SaturnDec 6 · 7:03 am
  • Sun square JupiterDec 10 · 6:01 am
  • Venus trine JupiterDec 11 · 9:24 am
  • Sun conjunction PlutoDec 12 · 12:29 am
  • Mercury opposition SaturnDec 13 · 9:13 am
  • Venus sextile MarsDec 25 · 8:31 am
  • Sun conjunction Mercury · cazimiDec 26 · 8:12 pm
  • Sun opposition SaturnDec 31 · 3:57 pm