December 2056
A penumbral lunar eclipse in Cancer on December 21; the winter solstice falls on December 20; Mercury is retrograde Dec 10 through Dec 30.
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse in Cancer
1° Cancer · December 21, 8:47 pm ET
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This month
- New Moon · SagittariusDec 6 · 5:31 pm
- First Quarter · PiscesDec 13 · 3:54 pm
- Full Moon · CancerDec 21 · 8:34 pm
- Last Quarter · LibraDec 29 · 1:22 pm
- Penumbral lunar eclipse · 1° CancerDec 21 · 8:47 pm
- Winter SolsticeDec 20 · 10:51 pm
- Mercury stations retrogradeDec 10 · 12:04 pm
- Mars stations retrogradeDec 14 · 3:19 pm
- Saturn stations directDec 17 · 6:49 pm
- Mercury stations directDec 30 · 7:26 am
Mercury retrograde Dec 10 – Dec 30
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Notable aspects
- Jupiter trine NeptuneDec 11 · 2:32 pm
- Mars opposition JupiterDec 27 · 9:09 am
- Sun opposition NeptuneDec 1 · 4:48 pm
- Sun square PlutoDec 7 · 5:57 am
- Venus conjunction JupiterDec 15 · 11:18 am
- Venus opposition MarsDec 18 · 2:57 pm
- Sun conjunction Mercury · cazimiDec 20 · 1:09 am
- Mercury sextile UranusDec 24 · 9:14 am
- Mercury sextile VenusDec 25 · 11:16 pm
- Venus trine UranusDec 27 · 9:13 am