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December 2108

The winter solstice falls on December 21; a full moon in Gemini on December 18 and a new moon in Sagittarius on December 2; Mercury stations retrograde on December 21.

Winter Solstice

Sun enters Capricorn · December 21, 1:34 pm ET

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This month

  • New Moon · SagittariusDec 2 · 4:23 pm
  • First Quarter · PiscesDec 10 · 2:24 am
  • Full Moon · GeminiDec 18 · 4:33 am
  • Last Quarter · LibraDec 25 · 8:31 am
  • Winter SolsticeDec 21 · 1:34 pm
  • Mercury stations retrogradeDec 21 · 3:50 pm

Mercury retrograde Dec 21 – Jan 10

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

Notable aspects

  • Mars square PlutoDec 26 · 3:25 am
  • Mars trine NeptuneDec 20 · 5:08 pm
  • Mars trine UranusDec 6 · 7:34 am
  • Mars conjunction SaturnDec 7 · 4:02 pm
  • Mars opposition JupiterDec 4 · 6:19 am
  • Venus trine JupiterDec 5 · 9:23 pm
  • Venus opposition UranusDec 7 · 5:31 am
  • Mercury square NeptuneDec 8 · 2:56 pm
  • Mercury trine PlutoDec 12 · 11:03 am
  • Venus sextile NeptuneDec 16 · 3:53 am
  • Sun square NeptuneDec 28 · 9:58 am
  • Mercury trine PlutoDec 29 · 7:57 pm
  • Sun conjunction Mercury · cazimiDec 30 · 11:21 pm