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December 2103

A penumbral lunar eclipse in Gemini on December 13 and a annular solar eclipse in Capricorn on December 29; the winter solstice falls on December 22; Mercury retrograde ends December 16.

Annular Solar Eclipse in Capricorn

6° Capricorn · December 29, 2:10 am ET

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This month

  • First Quarter · PiscesDec 6 · 2:02 pm
  • Full Moon · GeminiDec 13 · 11:36 am
  • Last Quarter · VirgoDec 21 · 8:32 am
  • New Moon · CapricornDec 29 · 2:13 am
  • Penumbral lunar eclipse · 21° GeminiDec 13 · 11:48 am
  • Annular solar eclipse · 6° CapricornDec 29 · 2:10 am
  • Winter SolsticeDec 22 · 8:24 am
  • Mars stations retrogradeDec 10 · 8:33 pm
  • Mercury stations directDec 16 · 6:45 am
  • Neptune stations retrogradeDec 28 · 6:18 pm

Mercury retrograde Nov 26 – Dec 16

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

Notable aspects

  • Mars square PlutoDec 31 · 2:40 am
  • Jupiter trine NeptuneDec 1 · 2:50 am
  • Mars trine SaturnDec 23 · 8:49 pm
  • Venus opposition UranusDec 4 · 11:30 pm
  • Sun conjunction Mercury · cazimiDec 6 · 1:22 pm
  • Venus square MarsDec 8 · 7:28 pm
  • Sun square NeptuneDec 18 · 11:52 am
  • Sun trine UranusDec 26 · 5:47 am