December 2026
The winter solstice falls on December 21; five lunations in a single month.
Winter Solstice
Sun enters Capricorn · December 21, 3:50 pm ET
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This month
- Last Quarter · VirgoDec 1 · 1:09 am
- New Moon · SagittariusDec 8 · 7:53 pm
- First Quarter · PiscesDec 17 · 12:43 am
- Full Moon · CancerDec 23 · 8:29 pm
- Last Quarter · LibraDec 30 · 2:00 pm
- Winter SolsticeDec 21 · 3:50 pm
- Saturn stations directDec 10 · 6:23 pm
- Neptune stations directDec 12 · 5:14 pm
- Jupiter stations retrogradeDec 12 · 7:59 pm
All times Eastern (America/New_York) — the printed edition's anchor.
Notable aspects
- Mars square UranusDec 4 · 2:28 pm
- Mercury trine NeptuneDec 7 · 5:19 am
- Venus square PlutoDec 9 · 1:38 pm
- Mercury trine SaturnDec 11 · 8:23 am
- Sun trine JupiterDec 18 · 4:21 pm
- Mercury square NeptuneDec 26 · 2:50 pm
- Sun square SaturnDec 29 · 6:24 pm
- Sun trine MarsDec 31 · 7:03 am