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December 2096

The winter solstice falls on December 20; a full moon in Cancer on December 29 and a new moon in Sagittarius on December 14; Mercury is retrograde Dec 1 through Dec 21.

Winter Solstice

Sun enters Capricorn · December 20, 3:46 pm ET

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This month

  • Last Quarter · VirgoDec 6 · 11:08 am
  • New Moon · SagittariusDec 14 · 3:06 pm
  • First Quarter · AriesDec 22 · 11:36 am
  • Full Moon · CancerDec 29 · 3:23 am
  • Winter SolsticeDec 20 · 3:46 pm
  • Mercury stations retrogradeDec 1 · 5:16 pm
  • Neptune stations retrogradeDec 11 · 6:38 pm
  • Uranus stations directDec 13 · 8:33 pm
  • Mercury stations directDec 21 · 11:33 am
  • Saturn stations retrogradeDec 27 · 8:05 pm

Mercury retrograde Dec 1 – Dec 21

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

Notable aspects

  • Mars opposition PlutoDec 6 · 1:42 am
  • Mars sextile NeptuneDec 23 · 2:35 pm
  • Jupiter sextile SaturnDec 11 · 5:13 pm
  • Mars trine JupiterDec 31 · 6:11 pm
  • Venus sextile UranusDec 9 · 4:14 pm
  • Mercury sextile VenusDec 17 · 10:21 am
  • Sun square UranusDec 26 · 9:37 am
  • Sun trine NeptuneDec 31 · 2:25 am