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December 2008

The winter solstice falls on December 21; a full moon in Gemini on December 12 and a new moon in Capricorn on December 27.

Winter Solstice

Sun enters Capricorn · December 21, 7:04 am ET

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This month

  • First Quarter · PiscesDec 5 · 4:26 pm
  • Full Moon · GeminiDec 12 · 11:38 am
  • Last Quarter · VirgoDec 19 · 5:30 am
  • New Moon · CapricornDec 27 · 7:23 am
  • Winter SolsticeDec 21 · 7:04 am
  • Saturn stations retrogradeDec 31 · 1:05 pm

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

Notable aspects

  • Mars conjunction PlutoDec 28 · 3:01 pm
  • Mars sextile NeptuneDec 16 · 9:25 am
  • Mars square UranusDec 12 · 1:50 am
  • Mars square SaturnDec 15 · 5:45 pm
  • Venus conjunction JupiterDec 1 · 3:41 am
  • Mercury sextile NeptuneDec 6 · 11:42 pm
  • Sun square UranusDec 10 · 7:03 am
  • Sun sextile NeptuneDec 13 · 9:12 am
  • Sun conjunction PlutoDec 22 · 4:24 am
  • Mercury sextile UranusDec 24 · 11:33 am
  • Mercury trine SaturnDec 26 · 6:37 am