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December 2038

A penumbral lunar eclipse in Gemini on December 11 and a total solar eclipse in Capricorn on December 25; the winter solstice falls on December 21; Mercury retrograde ends December 2.

Total Solar Eclipse in Capricorn

4° Capricorn · December 25, 7:59 pm ET

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This month

  • First Quarter · PiscesDec 3 · 7:47 am
  • Full Moon · GeminiDec 11 · 12:31 pm
  • Last Quarter · VirgoDec 19 · 4:30 am
  • New Moon · CapricornDec 25 · 8:02 pm
  • Penumbral lunar eclipse · 19° GeminiDec 11 · 12:44 pm
  • Total solar eclipse · 4° CapricornDec 25 · 7:59 pm
  • Winter SolsticeDec 21 · 2:02 pm
  • Mercury stations directDec 2 · 7:30 am
  • Jupiter stations retrogradeDec 17 · 3:35 am

Mercury retrograde Nov 12 – Dec 2

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

Notable aspects

  • Saturn sextile UranusDec 6 · 8:33 am
  • Mars square JupiterDec 2 · 10:21 pm
  • Venus trine NeptuneDec 7 · 10:58 pm
  • Venus trine JupiterDec 9 · 11:25 pm
  • Mercury trine UranusDec 10 · 6:12 pm
  • Sun sextile PlutoDec 13 · 11:48 pm
  • Sun trine NeptuneDec 20 · 6:37 am
  • Sun trine JupiterDec 22 · 10:58 pm
  • Mercury sextile PlutoDec 29 · 12:23 am
  • Venus opposition UranusDec 30 · 7:16 pm
  • Venus square NeptuneDec 31 · 4:30 pm