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December 2042

The winter solstice falls on December 21; a full moon in Cancer on December 26 and a new moon in Sagittarius on December 12; Mercury stations retrograde on December 24.

Winter Solstice

Sun enters Capricorn · December 21, 1:04 pm ET

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This month

  • Last Quarter · VirgoDec 4 · 4:19 am
  • New Moon · SagittariusDec 12 · 9:30 am
  • First Quarter · PiscesDec 19 · 7:28 pm
  • Full Moon · CancerDec 26 · 12:43 pm
  • Winter SolsticeDec 21 · 1:04 pm
  • Mercury stations retrogradeDec 24 · 7:45 pm

Mercury retrograde Dec 24 – Jan 13

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

Notable aspects

  • Mars trine NeptuneDec 13 · 9:38 am
  • Jupiter trine UranusDec 23 · 1:36 am
  • Mars sextile SaturnDec 22 · 8:23 pm
  • Sun trine UranusDec 9 · 2:02 am
  • Mercury trine NeptuneDec 10 · 12:40 pm
  • Venus opposition NeptuneDec 15 · 1:15 pm
  • Venus square UranusDec 25 · 5:37 am
  • Mercury sextile VenusDec 27 · 5:33 pm
  • Mercury conjunction MarsDec 28 · 2:59 am
  • Sun trine NeptuneDec 29 · 1:26 am
  • Mercury sextile SaturnDec 31 · 2:16 pm