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December 2049

The winter solstice falls on December 21; five lunations in a single month; Mercury stations retrograde on December 17.

Winter Solstice

Sun enters Capricorn · December 21, 5:52 am ET

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This month

  • First Quarter · PiscesDec 1 · 6:40 pm
  • Full Moon · GeminiDec 9 · 2:28 am
  • Last Quarter · VirgoDec 17 · 6:15 am
  • New Moon · CapricornDec 24 · 12:52 pm
  • First Quarter · AriesDec 31 · 3:53 am
  • Winter SolsticeDec 21 · 5:52 am
  • Mercury stations retrogradeDec 17 · 4:00 pm
  • Uranus stations retrogradeDec 25 · 1:03 pm

Mercury retrograde Dec 17 – Jan 6

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

Notable aspects

  • Mars trine PlutoDec 15 · 10:17 am
  • Saturn trine NeptuneDec 1 · 5:32 am
  • Mars square JupiterDec 9 · 7:51 pm
  • Venus square PlutoDec 4 · 5:57 pm
  • Mercury sextile PlutoDec 7 · 10:56 pm
  • Sun square UranusDec 12 · 1:42 am
  • Sun conjunction Mercury · cazimiDec 27 · 12:59 am
  • Sun sextile PlutoDec 28 · 2:01 pm
  • Sun conjunction Venus · cazimiDec 29 · 4:50 pm