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December 2040

The winter solstice falls on December 21; a full moon in Gemini on December 18 and a new moon in Sagittarius on December 4.

Winter Solstice

Sun enters Capricorn · December 21, 1:33 am ET

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This month

  • New Moon · SagittariusDec 4 · 2:34 am
  • First Quarter · PiscesDec 10 · 6:30 pm
  • Full Moon · GeminiDec 18 · 7:16 am
  • Last Quarter · LibraDec 26 · 12:03 pm
  • Winter SolsticeDec 21 · 1:33 am

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

Notable aspects

  • Jupiter trine PlutoDec 6 · 8:10 pm
  • Mars sextile PlutoDec 15 · 10:17 pm
  • Mars trine NeptuneDec 26 · 1:54 pm
  • Mars sextile SaturnDec 11 · 11:14 pm
  • Mars sextile JupiterDec 18 · 5:48 am
  • Venus square JupiterDec 1 · 4:01 am
  • Venus square NeptuneDec 9 · 7:40 am
  • Venus opposition UranusDec 13 · 2:24 am
  • Sun conjunction Mercury · cazimiDec 14 · 5:37 am
  • Mercury sextile PlutoDec 15 · 1:33 pm
  • Sun sextile PlutoDec 16 · 7:23 am
  • Sun sextile JupiterDec 17 · 10:55 pm
  • Mercury trine NeptuneDec 20 · 3:42 pm
  • Sun trine NeptuneDec 24 · 4:02 am
  • Venus trine SaturnDec 27 · 7:28 am
  • Venus conjunction PlutoDec 29 · 6:34 am