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December 2043

The winter solstice falls on December 21; five lunations in a single month; Mercury is retrograde Dec 8 through Dec 28.

Winter Solstice

Sun enters Capricorn · December 21, 7:01 pm ET

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This month

  • New Moon · SagittariusDec 1 · 9:37 am
  • First Quarter · PiscesDec 9 · 10:28 am
  • Full Moon · GeminiDec 16 · 3:02 am
  • Last Quarter · LibraDec 23 · 12:05 am
  • New Moon · CapricornDec 31 · 4:49 am
  • Winter SolsticeDec 21 · 7:01 pm
  • Mercury stations retrogradeDec 8 · 4:57 pm
  • Mercury stations directDec 28 · 11:47 am

Mercury retrograde Dec 8 – Dec 28

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

Notable aspects

  • Jupiter trine NeptuneDec 15 · 2:14 am
  • Venus trine NeptuneDec 2 · 4:42 pm
  • Venus trine MarsDec 7 · 10:29 pm
  • Sun trine UranusDec 13 · 11:14 pm
  • Venus sextile SaturnDec 14 · 8:22 am
  • Sun conjunction Mercury · cazimiDec 18 · 7:40 am
  • Venus square NeptuneDec 26 · 5:07 pm