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December 2013

The winter solstice falls on December 21; a full moon in Gemini on December 17 and a new moon in Sagittarius on December 2.

Winter Solstice

Sun enters Capricorn · December 21, 12:11 pm ET

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This month

  • New Moon · SagittariusDec 2 · 7:23 pm
  • First Quarter · PiscesDec 9 · 10:12 am
  • Full Moon · GeminiDec 17 · 4:29 am
  • Last Quarter · LibraDec 25 · 8:48 am
  • Winter SolsticeDec 21 · 12:11 pm
  • Uranus stations directDec 17 · 12:20 pm
  • Venus stations retrogradeDec 21 · 4:56 pm

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

Notable aspects

  • Mars square PlutoDec 30 · 8:18 pm
  • Mars opposition UranusDec 25 · 3:29 am
  • Jupiter trine SaturnDec 12 · 7:01 pm
  • Mercury sextile MarsDec 3 · 11:36 am
  • Mercury square NeptuneDec 6 · 4:36 pm
  • Mercury trine UranusDec 10 · 12:04 pm
  • Mercury sextile NeptuneDec 26 · 4:08 am
  • Sun conjunction Mercury · cazimiDec 29 · 1:27 am
  • Mercury conjunction PlutoDec 31 · 6:26 am