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December 2101

The winter solstice falls on December 21; a full moon in Gemini on December 5 and a new moon in Sagittarius on December 20; Mercury stations retrograde on December 28.

Winter Solstice

Sun enters Capricorn · December 21, 8:39 pm ET

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This month

  • Full Moon · GeminiDec 5 · 11:17 am
  • Last Quarter · VirgoDec 13 · 3:26 pm
  • New Moon · SagittariusDec 20 · 10:15 am
  • First Quarter · AriesDec 27 · 4:39 am
  • Winter SolsticeDec 21 · 8:39 pm
  • Neptune stations retrogradeDec 23 · 9:11 pm
  • Mercury stations retrogradeDec 28 · 7:36 pm

Mercury retrograde Dec 28 – Jan 17

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

Notable aspects

  • Mars square NeptuneDec 5 · 4:02 pm
  • Mercury opposition MarsDec 1 · 9:58 pm
  • Mercury trine UranusDec 3 · 11:23 pm
  • Mercury trine PlutoDec 9 · 3:48 pm
  • Sun opposition MarsDec 11 · 10:41 am
  • Venus trine UranusDec 12 · 1:41 pm
  • Sun conjunction Venus · cazimiDec 15 · 10:02 pm
  • Sun trine UranusDec 17 · 7:24 pm
  • Mercury sextile SaturnDec 18 · 2:03 pm
  • Venus square NeptuneDec 19 · 3:27 pm
  • Sun trine PlutoDec 26 · 4:05 am