The moon calendar
The moons of December 2031
New moon in Sagittarius. Full moon in Cancer. Exact times below, in Central and UTC.
Times in Central (US), with UTC under each
- Sunday, December 143:06 amDec 14, 09:06 UTC
New moon in Sagittarius
The dark of the moon, when the month begins.
The Moon in Sagittarius reaches for distance and the big idea, with travel, learning and blunt honesty.
Source: Computed from the Moon–Sun elongation (astronomy-engine).
- Wednesday, December 17
Saturnalia
The Roman midwinter reversal: work suspended, hierarchies turned over, the year let go of before it ended. It ran for days on a date everyone knew.
Source: Macrobius, Saturnalia I.10; Ovid, Fasti I.63–86
- Sunday, December 217:55 pmDec 22, 01:55 UTC
Winter solstice
The longest night of the year. The days grow longer from here.
Source: Computed from the Sun’s apparent ecliptic longitude (astronomy-engine).
- Sunday, December 2811:33 amDec 28, 17:33 UTC
Full moon in Cancer
The full moon. What has grown since the new moon can be seen.
The Moon in Cancer, its own sign, is about home and feeling, protective and close to the base.
Source: Computed from the Moon–Sun elongation (astronomy-engine).
Computed with astronomy-engine, which follows the NASA JPL ephemerides. Times are Central (Daylight or Standard as the date falls) and UTC; a moon is one instant for the whole world, so only the clock changes with the zone.
How to use the month
Start after the new moon. Review at the full.
The week after the new moon is for beginning what you decided on at the dark of the moon. The full moon is when it shows, and the days after it are for looking honestly at how it went. The last week before the next new moon is for finishing and clearing. That is the whole method, and the app runs a planner on it for people who run businesses.
The sign each moon falls in colors it. The lines under each moon above say what that sign is like; the house wheel says which of your own houses it lands in, from your rising sign.
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