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December 2009

A partial lunar eclipse in Cancer on December 31; the winter solstice falls on December 21; Mercury stations retrograde on December 26.

Partial Lunar Eclipse in Cancer

10° Cancer · December 31, 2:23 pm ET

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This month

  • Full Moon · GeminiDec 2 · 2:31 am
  • Last Quarter · VirgoDec 8 · 7:14 pm
  • New Moon · SagittariusDec 16 · 7:03 am
  • First Quarter · AriesDec 24 · 12:37 pm
  • Full Moon · CancerDec 31 · 2:13 pm
  • Partial lunar eclipse · 10° CancerDec 31 · 2:23 pm
  • Winter SolsticeDec 21 · 12:47 pm
  • Uranus stations directDec 1 · 3:42 pm
  • Mars stations retrogradeDec 20 · 8:28 am
  • Mercury stations retrogradeDec 26 · 9:40 am

Mercury retrograde Dec 26 – Jan 15

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Notable aspects

  • Jupiter conjunction NeptuneDec 21 · 4:46 am
  • Venus sextile SaturnDec 4 · 6:43 am
  • Mercury conjunction PlutoDec 7 · 4:12 am
  • Sun trine MarsDec 10 · 8:18 pm
  • Sun square UranusDec 14 · 10:27 am
  • Sun sextile NeptuneDec 15 · 7:24 pm
  • Venus trine MarsDec 17 · 7:39 am
  • Venus square UranusDec 19 · 8:52 pm
  • Venus conjunction PlutoDec 28 · 1:49 am
  • Venus square SaturnDec 29 · 1:53 am