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December 2036

The winter solstice falls on December 21; a full moon in Gemini on December 3 and a new moon in Sagittarius on December 17; Mercury stations retrograde on December 14.

Winter Solstice

Sun enters Capricorn · December 21, 2:13 am ET

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This month

  • Full Moon · GeminiDec 3 · 9:09 am
  • Last Quarter · VirgoDec 10 · 4:19 am
  • New Moon · SagittariusDec 17 · 10:35 am
  • First Quarter · AriesDec 25 · 2:45 pm
  • Winter SolsticeDec 21 · 2:13 am
  • Saturn stations retrogradeDec 12 · 10:02 pm
  • Mercury stations retrogradeDec 14 · 9:06 pm

Mercury retrograde Dec 14 – Jan 3

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

Notable aspects

  • Mars square PlutoDec 4 · 8:35 pm
  • Jupiter trine PlutoDec 24 · 2:40 am
  • Mars trine UranusDec 4 · 9:29 am
  • Mars square SaturnDec 24 · 12:54 pm
  • Venus square PlutoDec 5 · 7:40 pm
  • Venus conjunction MarsDec 6 · 10:57 pm
  • Sun trine NeptuneDec 15 · 8:46 am
  • Venus square SaturnDec 16 · 5:32 pm
  • Sun trine SaturnDec 23 · 7:41 pm
  • Sun conjunction Mercury · cazimiDec 24 · 7:26 am
  • Venus opposition JupiterDec 29 · 12:58 pm
  • Venus sextile PlutoDec 30 · 4:37 am