Ephemeris - December 2022

Every dated event of the month - retrograde stations, sign ingresses, moon phases, eclipses and exact major aspects - followed by the daily longitude table. Times in UT.

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What happens in December 2022

Neptune stations direct on Dec 4 at 22° Pisces and Mercury stations retrograde on Dec 29 at 24° Capricorn. Mercury, Mars, Uranus and Neptune are retrograde for part or all of December 2022. The Sun leaves Sagittarius for Capricorn on Dec 21. Full Moon on Dec 8 at 16° Gemini and New Moon on Dec 23 at 1° Capricorn. 15 major aspects perfect and 4 sign ingresses occur, all timed below in UT.

Planets retrograde in December 2022

Mercurystations retrograde Dec 29, still retrograde on Dec 31
Marsalready retrograde on Dec 1, still retrograde on Dec 31
Uranusalready retrograde on Dec 1, still retrograde on Dec 31
Neptunealready retrograde on Dec 1, turns direct Dec 4

December 2022 event timeline

Dec 105:28 UT☍ 180°Venus opposition MarsVenus at 18° 47′ 23″ Sagittarius
Dec 201:11 UT□ 90°Mercury square NeptuneMercury at 22° 38′ 59″ Sagittarius
Dec 203:09 UT⚹ 60°Venus sextile SaturnVenus at 19° 55′ 26″ Sagittarius
Dec 400:19 UTStationNeptune stations direct22° 38′ 54″ Pisces
Dec 407:16 UT□ 90°Venus square NeptuneVenus at 22° 38′ 55″ Sagittarius
Dec 607:03 UT□ 90°Mercury square JupiterMercury at 29° 03′ 37″ Sagittarius
Dec 622:08 UTIngressMercury enters Capricornleaves Sagittarius
Dec 804:08 UTMoonFull Moon16° 02′ 12″ Gemini
Dec 805:41 UT☍ 180°Sun opposition MarsSun at 16° 05′ 47″ Sagittarius
Dec 912:53 UT□ 90°Venus square JupiterVenus at 29° 12′ 55″ Sagittarius
Dec 1003:54 UTIngressVenus enters Capricornleaves Sagittarius
Dec 1218:11 UT⚹ 60°Sun sextile SaturnSun at 20° 41′ 19″ Sagittarius
Dec 1417:15 UT□ 90°Sun square NeptuneSun at 22° 40′ 56″ Sagittarius
Dec 1608:56 UTMoonLast Quarter24° 22′ 12″ Virgo
Dec 1721:36 UT△ 120°Mercury trine UranusMercury at 15° 28′ 56″ Capricorn
Dec 2014:55 UTIngressJupiter enters Ariesleaves Pisces
Dec 2121:47 UTIngressSun enters Capricornleaves Sagittarius
Dec 2200:48 UT□ 90°Sun square JupiterSun at 0° 07′ 40″ Capricorn
Dec 2209:48 UT△ 120°Venus trine UranusVenus at 15° 21′ 38″ Capricorn
Dec 2310:17 UTMoonNew Moon1° 33′ 18″ Capricorn
Dec 2501:27 UT⚹ 60°Mercury sextile NeptuneMercury at 22° 46′ 37″ Capricorn
Dec 2808:36 UT⚹ 60°Venus sextile NeptuneVenus at 22° 49′ 12″ Capricorn
Dec 2909:29 UTStationMercury stations retrograde24° 21′ 20″ Capricorn
Dec 2913:57 UT☌ 0°Mercury conjunction VenusMercury at 24° 21′ 08″ Capricorn
Dec 3001:21 UTMoonFirst Quarter8° 18′ 33″ Aries

Aspect and station times are refined to the minute by bisection. The Moon is excluded from the aspect scan - it perfects roughly 150 aspects a month, which is what the daily table below is for.

Daily planetary positions - December 2022

Geocentric tropical ecliptic longitude at 00:00 UT. Retrograde planets marked ℞.

Date	Sun	Moon	Mercury	Venus	Mars	Jupiter	Saturn	Uranus	Neptune	Pluto
2022-12-01	8° 45′ 23″	13° 46′ 09″	21° 03′ 07″	18° 30′ 12″	18° 52′ 31″℞	28° 52′ 59″	19° 51′ 04″	16° 02′ 38″℞	22° 39′ 04″℞	26° 46′ 53″
2022-12-02	9° 46′ 11″	27° 22′ 47″	22° 34′ 26″	19° 45′ 30″	18° 29′ 47″℞	28° 54′ 33″	19° 54′ 54″	16° 00′ 25″℞	22° 38′ 59″℞	26° 48′ 20″
2022-12-03	10° 47′ 00″	10° 42′ 00″	24° 05′ 33″	21° 00′ 48″	18° 06′ 53″℞	28° 56′ 20″	19° 58′ 49″	15° 58′ 13″℞	22° 38′ 56″℞	26° 49′ 47″
2022-12-04	11° 47′ 51″	23° 45′ 27″	25° 36′ 24″	22° 16′ 05″	17° 43′ 49″℞	28° 58′ 18″	20° 02′ 49″	15° 56′ 02″℞	22° 38′ 54″℞	26° 51′ 16″
2022-12-05	12° 48′ 41″	6° 34′ 56″	27° 06′ 57″	23° 31′ 22″	17° 20′ 41″℞	29° 00′ 29″	20° 06′ 54″	15° 53′ 53″℞	22° 38′ 56″	26° 52′ 46″
2022-12-06	13° 49′ 33″	19° 12′ 10″	28° 37′ 10″	24° 46′ 39″	16° 57′ 30″℞	29° 02′ 52″	20° 11′ 04″	15° 51′ 46″℞	22° 38′ 59″	26° 54′ 18″
2022-12-07	14° 50′ 26″	1° 38′ 40″	0° 06′ 59″	26° 01′ 56″	16° 34′ 20″℞	29° 05′ 27″	20° 15′ 19″	15° 49′ 41″℞	22° 39′ 04″	26° 55′ 50″
2022-12-08	15° 51′ 20″	13° 55′ 42″	1° 36′ 21″	27° 17′ 12″	16° 11′ 14″℞	29° 08′ 14″	20° 19′ 39″	15° 47′ 37″℞	22° 39′ 11″	26° 57′ 24″
2022-12-09	16° 52′ 15″	26° 04′ 24″	3° 05′ 09″	28° 32′ 29″	15° 48′ 14″℞	29° 11′ 13″	20° 24′ 03″	15° 45′ 35″℞	22° 39′ 21″	26° 58′ 58″
2022-12-10	17° 53′ 10″	8° 06′ 00″	4° 33′ 19″	29° 47′ 45″	15° 25′ 23″℞	29° 14′ 24″	20° 28′ 32″	15° 43′ 35″℞	22° 39′ 32″	27° 00′ 34″
2022-12-11	18° 54′ 07″	20° 01′ 59″	6° 00′ 44″	1° 03′ 01″	15° 02′ 45″℞	29° 17′ 46″	20° 33′ 06″	15° 41′ 37″℞	22° 39′ 46″	27° 02′ 11″
2022-12-12	19° 55′ 05″	1° 54′ 18″	7° 27′ 15″	2° 18′ 18″	14° 40′ 21″℞	29° 21′ 21″	20° 37′ 45″	15° 39′ 41″℞	22° 40′ 02″	27° 03′ 49″
2022-12-13	20° 56′ 04″	13° 45′ 27″	8° 52′ 44″	3° 33′ 34″	14° 18′ 15″℞	29° 25′ 06″	20° 42′ 28″	15° 37′ 47″℞	22° 40′ 19″	27° 05′ 28″
2022-12-14	21° 57′ 03″	25° 38′ 37″	10° 16′ 58″	4° 48′ 49″	13° 56′ 30″℞	29° 29′ 04″	20° 47′ 15″	15° 35′ 54″℞	22° 40′ 39″	27° 07′ 08″
2022-12-15	22° 58′ 04″	7° 37′ 37″	11° 39′ 44″	6° 04′ 05″	13° 35′ 07″℞	29° 33′ 12″	20° 52′ 07″	15° 34′ 04″℞	22° 41′ 01″	27° 08′ 48″
2022-12-16	23° 59′ 06″	19° 46′ 48″	13° 00′ 47″	7° 19′ 21″	13° 14′ 10″℞	29° 37′ 32″	20° 57′ 03″	15° 32′ 16″℞	22° 41′ 25″	27° 10′ 30″
2022-12-17	25° 00′ 09″	2° 10′ 56″	14° 19′ 49″	8° 34′ 36″	12° 53′ 40″℞	29° 42′ 03″	21° 02′ 03″	15° 30′ 30″℞	22° 41′ 51″	27° 12′ 13″
2022-12-18	26° 01′ 13″	14° 54′ 45″	15° 36′ 27″	9° 49′ 52″	12° 33′ 41″℞	29° 46′ 46″	21° 07′ 08″	15° 28′ 46″℞	22° 42′ 19″	27° 13′ 56″
2022-12-19	27° 02′ 17″	28° 02′ 34″	16° 50′ 19″	11° 05′ 07″	12° 14′ 14″℞	29° 51′ 40″	21° 12′ 17″	15° 27′ 04″℞	22° 42′ 49″	27° 15′ 41″
2022-12-20	28° 03′ 23″	11° 37′ 36″	18° 00′ 54″	12° 20′ 22″	11° 55′ 22″℞	29° 56′ 45″	21° 17′ 30″	15° 25′ 25″℞	22° 43′ 21″	27° 17′ 26″
2022-12-21	29° 04′ 29″	25° 41′ 10″	19° 07′ 43″	13° 35′ 37″	11° 37′ 07″℞	0° 02′ 00″	21° 22′ 47″	15° 23′ 48″℞	22° 43′ 55″	27° 19′ 12″
2022-12-22	0° 05′ 36″	10° 11′ 54″	20° 10′ 09″	14° 50′ 52″	11° 19′ 30″℞	0° 07′ 27″	21° 28′ 09″	15° 22′ 14″℞	22° 44′ 32″	27° 20′ 59″
2022-12-23	1° 06′ 44″	25° 05′ 12″	21° 07′ 32″	16° 06′ 07″	11° 02′ 34″℞	0° 13′ 05″	21° 33′ 34″	15° 20′ 42″℞	22° 45′ 10″	27° 22′ 47″
2022-12-24	2° 07′ 52″	10° 13′ 13″	21° 59′ 08″	17° 21′ 21″	10° 46′ 19″℞	0° 18′ 53″	21° 39′ 03″	15° 19′ 13″℞	22° 45′ 51″	27° 24′ 36″
2022-12-25	3° 09′ 01″	25° 25′ 51″	22° 44′ 07″	18° 36′ 36″	10° 30′ 48″℞	0° 24′ 52″	21° 44′ 36″	15° 17′ 46″℞	22° 46′ 33″	27° 26′ 25″
2022-12-26	4° 10′ 09″	10° 32′ 27″	23° 21′ 39″	19° 51′ 49″	10° 16′ 02″℞	0° 31′ 01″	21° 50′ 13″	15° 16′ 22″℞	22° 47′ 18″	27° 28′ 15″
2022-12-27	5° 11′ 18″	25° 23′ 34″	23° 50′ 49″	21° 07′ 02″	10° 02′ 02″℞	0° 37′ 21″	21° 55′ 53″	15° 15′ 01″℞	22° 48′ 05″	27° 30′ 05″
2022-12-28	6° 12′ 27″	9° 52′ 31″	24° 10′ 42″	22° 22′ 14″	9° 48′ 48″℞	0° 43′ 50″	22° 01′ 37″	15° 13′ 42″℞	22° 48′ 53″	27° 31′ 57″
2022-12-29	7° 13′ 36″	23° 55′ 51″	24° 20′ 27″	23° 37′ 26″	9° 36′ 22″℞	0° 50′ 30″	22° 07′ 24″	15° 12′ 25″℞	22° 49′ 44″	27° 33′ 48″
2022-12-30	8° 14′ 45″	7° 33′ 13″	24° 19′ 16″℞	24° 52′ 37″	9° 24′ 44″℞	0° 57′ 20″	22° 13′ 15″	15° 11′ 12″℞	22° 50′ 36″	27° 35′ 40″
2022-12-31	9° 15′ 54″	20° 46′ 30″	24° 06′ 35″℞	26° 07′ 48″	9° 13′ 55″℞	1° 04′ 20″	22° 19′ 09″	15° 10′ 01″℞	22° 51′ 30″	27° 37′ 33″

Reference, not advice

This is cultural and astronomical reference, not personal prediction or advice.

Table positions computed at 00:00 UT each day by Astronomy Engine. Retrograde flag inferred from 24-hour ecliptic longitude delta. Timeline events are found by daily scan and then bisected to one-minute precision, so station, ingress, lunation and aspect times are exact to the minute rather than to the day.

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Last reviewed 2026-05-28.