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December 2088

The winter solstice falls on December 20; a full moon in Cancer on December 27 and a new moon in Sagittarius on December 12; Mercury stations retrograde on December 25.

Winter Solstice

Sun enters Capricorn · December 20, 4:56 pm ET

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This month

  • Last Quarter · VirgoDec 4 · 11:58 pm
  • New Moon · SagittariusDec 12 · 7:52 pm
  • First Quarter · AriesDec 20 · 11:52 pm
  • Full Moon · CancerDec 27 · 7:58 pm
  • Winter SolsticeDec 20 · 4:56 pm
  • Mars stations retrogradeDec 22 · 9:12 am
  • Mercury stations retrogradeDec 25 · 12:42 am

Mercury retrograde Dec 25 – Jan 14

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

Notable aspects

  • Mars trine PlutoDec 9 · 4:05 pm
  • Mars square SaturnDec 11 · 3:32 pm
  • Mercury sextile UranusDec 7 · 8:40 am
  • Sun trine NeptuneDec 13 · 9:07 pm
  • Venus square JupiterDec 14 · 4:21 am
  • Mercury trine SaturnDec 23 · 5:11 pm
  • Venus sextile PlutoDec 24 · 8:57 pm
  • Venus opposition NeptuneDec 26 · 6:41 am