December 2024
The winter solstice falls on December 21; five lunations in a single month; Mercury retrograde ends December 15.
Winter Solstice
Sun enters Capricorn · December 21, 4:20 am ET
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This month
- New Moon · SagittariusDec 1 · 1:22 am
- First Quarter · PiscesDec 8 · 10:27 am
- Full Moon · GeminiDec 15 · 4:02 am
- Last Quarter · LibraDec 22 · 5:19 pm
- New Moon · CapricornDec 30 · 5:27 pm
- Winter SolsticeDec 21 · 4:20 am
- Mars stations retrogradeDec 6 · 6:34 pm
- Neptune stations directDec 7 · 6:49 pm
- Mercury stations directDec 15 · 3:58 pm
Mercury retrograde Nov 25 – Dec 15
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Notable aspects
- Jupiter square SaturnDec 24 · 5:07 pm
- Venus trine UranusDec 2 · 9:42 am
- Venus sextile NeptuneDec 4 · 1:55 pm
- Sun conjunction Mercury · cazimiDec 5 · 9:17 pm
- Venus opposition MarsDec 12 · 5:45 am
- Mercury sextile VenusDec 13 · 2:45 am
- Sun square NeptuneDec 18 · 9:33 am
- Venus trine JupiterDec 19 · 9:09 pm
- Mercury opposition JupiterDec 26 · 5:46 pm
- Mercury square SaturnDec 27 · 2:25 am
- Venus square UranusDec 28 · 2:41 am