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December 2029

A partial solar eclipse in Sagittarius on December 5 and a total lunar eclipse in Gemini on December 20; the winter solstice falls on December 21; Mercury stations retrograde on December 22.

Total Lunar Eclipse in Gemini

29° Gemini · December 20, 5:43 pm ET

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This month

  • New Moon · SagittariusDec 5 · 9:53 am
  • First Quarter · PiscesDec 12 · 12:50 pm
  • Full Moon · GeminiDec 20 · 5:47 pm
  • Last Quarter · LibraDec 28 · 4:50 am
  • Partial solar eclipse · 14° SagittariusDec 5 · 10:52 am
  • Total lunar eclipse · 29° GeminiDec 20 · 5:43 pm
  • Winter SolsticeDec 21 · 9:14 am
  • Venus stations retrogradeDec 16 · 6:49 pm
  • Neptune stations directDec 19 · 3:18 am
  • Mercury stations retrogradeDec 22 · 12:51 am

Mercury retrograde Dec 22 – Jan 11

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

Notable aspects

  • Mars conjunction PlutoDec 24 · 11:39 am
  • Mars sextile NeptuneDec 23 · 4:29 pm
  • Jupiter opposition SaturnDec 22 · 2:03 am
  • Venus trine SaturnDec 2 · 12:55 am
  • Sun opposition UranusDec 8 · 3:11 am
  • Mercury square NeptuneDec 9 · 10:48 pm
  • Sun square NeptuneDec 29 · 2:20 pm
  • Venus sextile JupiterDec 30 · 8:21 am
  • Sun conjunction Mercury · cazimiDec 31 · 7:28 am