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December 2050

The winter solstice falls on December 21; a full moon in Cancer on December 28 and a new moon in Sagittarius on December 14; Mercury is retrograde Dec 1 through Dec 21.

Winter Solstice

Sun enters Capricorn · December 21, 11:38 am ET

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This month

  • Last Quarter · VirgoDec 6 · 1:28 am
  • New Moon · SagittariusDec 14 · 12:18 am
  • First Quarter · PiscesDec 20 · 11:16 pm
  • Full Moon · CancerDec 28 · 12:16 am
  • Winter SolsticeDec 21 · 11:38 am
  • Mercury stations retrogradeDec 1 · 12:17 pm
  • Mercury stations directDec 21 · 6:33 am
  • Jupiter stations retrogradeDec 21 · 8:15 am
  • Uranus stations retrogradeDec 30 · 1:59 pm

Mercury retrograde Dec 1 – Dec 21

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

Notable aspects

  • Mars sextile NeptuneDec 17 · 2:45 am
  • Mars opposition UranusDec 15 · 9:15 pm
  • Mercury sextile VenusDec 3 · 12:01 pm
  • Mercury square MarsDec 9 · 8:07 pm
  • Sun conjunction Mercury · cazimiDec 11 · 8:08 am
  • Venus square SaturnDec 13 · 2:53 pm
  • Venus trine PlutoDec 16 · 2:03 pm
  • Sun square MarsDec 18 · 6:42 pm
  • Sun trine JupiterDec 27 · 4:36 am