December 2016
The winter solstice falls on December 21; a full moon in Gemini on December 13 and a new moon in Capricorn on December 29; Mercury stations retrograde on December 19.
Winter Solstice
Sun enters Capricorn · December 21, 5:44 am ET
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This month
- First Quarter · PiscesDec 7 · 4:04 am
- Full Moon · GeminiDec 13 · 7:06 pm
- Last Quarter · VirgoDec 20 · 8:56 pm
- New Moon · CapricornDec 29 · 1:54 am
- Winter SolsticeDec 21 · 5:44 am
- Mercury stations retrogradeDec 19 · 5:56 am
- Uranus stations directDec 29 · 4:20 am
Mercury retrograde Dec 19 – Jan 8
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Notable aspects
- Mars sextile UranusDec 6 · 10:32 pm
- Saturn trine UranusDec 24 · 7:24 pm
- Jupiter opposition UranusDec 26 · 1:26 pm
- Mars sextile SaturnDec 3 · 7:17 am
- Mars trine JupiterDec 1 · 10:50 pm
- Sun sextile JupiterDec 9 · 4:41 pm
- Mercury sextile NeptuneDec 10 · 3:30 am
- Sun trine UranusDec 12 · 1:57 am
- Venus sextile UranusDec 25 · 11:36 am
- Mercury sextile NeptuneDec 26 · 11:16 pm
- Sun sextile MarsDec 27 · 3:05 am
- Sun conjunction Mercury · cazimiDec 28 · 1:48 pm
- Sun sextile NeptuneDec 30 · 6:31 pm