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December 2031

The winter solstice falls on December 21; a full moon in Cancer on December 28 and a new moon in Sagittarius on December 14; Mercury retrograde ends December 9.

Winter Solstice

Sun enters Capricorn · December 21, 8:56 pm ET

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This month

  • Last Quarter · VirgoDec 6 · 10:20 pm
  • New Moon · SagittariusDec 14 · 4:06 am
  • First Quarter · PiscesDec 20 · 7:01 pm
  • Full Moon · CancerDec 28 · 12:34 pm
  • Winter SolsticeDec 21 · 8:56 pm
  • Mercury stations directDec 9 · 11:25 am
  • Neptune stations directDec 24 · 3:07 am

Mercury retrograde Nov 19 – Dec 9

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

Notable aspects

  • Mars conjunction PlutoDec 5 · 1:44 pm
  • Mars sextile NeptuneDec 7 · 4:32 am
  • Mars trine UranusDec 22 · 9:53 pm
  • Mars trine SaturnDec 15 · 9:55 am
  • Sun sextile PlutoDec 3 · 7:23 pm
  • Sun opposition SaturnDec 11 · 2:01 pm
  • Sun opposition UranusDec 17 · 4:26 am