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December 2010

A total lunar eclipse in Gemini on December 21; the winter solstice falls on December 21; Mercury is retrograde Dec 10 through Dec 30.

Total Lunar Eclipse in Gemini

29° Gemini · December 21, 3:17 am ET

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This month

  • New Moon · SagittariusDec 5 · 12:36 pm
  • First Quarter · PiscesDec 13 · 8:59 am
  • Full Moon · GeminiDec 21 · 3:14 am
  • Last Quarter · LibraDec 27 · 11:19 pm
  • Total lunar eclipse · 29° GeminiDec 21 · 3:17 am
  • Winter SolsticeDec 21 · 6:38 pm
  • Uranus stations directDec 5 · 9:02 pm
  • Mercury stations retrogradeDec 10 · 7:04 am
  • Mercury stations directDec 30 · 2:22 am

Mercury retrograde Dec 10 – Dec 30

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

Notable aspects

  • Mars conjunction PlutoDec 13 · 11:14 pm
  • Mars sextile NeptuneDec 2 · 2:48 pm
  • Mars square UranusDec 3 · 8:59 am
  • Mars square SaturnDec 29 · 10:26 am
  • Mercury sextile VenusDec 1 · 11:34 am
  • Venus sextile PlutoDec 8 · 11:20 am
  • Sun square JupiterDec 16 · 4:46 pm
  • Sun conjunction Mercury · cazimiDec 19 · 8:23 pm
  • Mercury sextile NeptuneDec 20 · 11:58 pm
  • Sun conjunction PlutoDec 26 · 8:04 pm