December 1903

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
10. 1 89%
11. 2 95%
12. 3 98%
13. 4 Full
14. 5 99%
15. 6 95%
16. 7 88%
17. 8 80%
18. 9 70%
19. 10 59%
20. 11 Last qtr
21. 12 36%
22. 13 26%
23. 14 17%
24. 15 10%
25. 16 5%
26. 17 2%
27. 18 New
28. 19 1%
29. 20 3%
30. 21 8%
31. 22 13%
32. 23 20%
33. 24 28%
34. 25 37%
35. 26 First qtr
36. 27 56%
37. 28 66%
38. 29 75%
39. 30 84%
40. 31 91%

• Moon phase
• Perigee or apogee
• Eclipse
• Planets
• Equinox or solstice

Events in December 1903

1. Fri, Dec 41:13 PM

   Full Moon Cold Moon

   The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.

2. Sun, Dec 64:18 AM

   Moon and Neptune close together

   They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.

3. Mon, Dec 7

   Perigee

   The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 364,600 km.

4. Tue, Dec 85:18 PM

   Mercury and Uranus close together

   They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.

5. Fri, Dec 115:53 AM

   Last Quarter

   Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.

6. Mon, Dec 146:37 PM

   Moon and Venus close together

   They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.

7. Fri, Dec 184:26 PM

   New Moon

   The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.

8. Fri, Dec 184:39 PM

   Uranus behind the Sun

   On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.

9. Sun, Dec 2011:33 PM

   Mars and Saturn close together

   They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.

10. Tue, Dec 221:49 AM

    Moon and Saturn close together

    They pass 4.8° apart in the sky.

11. Tue, Dec 224:03 AM

    Mars, Moon, and Saturn gathered

    All within 5.3° of each other in the sky.

12. Tue, Dec 227:20 PM

    December solstice

    The shortest day in the northern hemisphere and the longest in the southern.

13. Wed, Dec 23

    Apogee

    The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,600 km.

14. Fri, Dec 2510:43 AM

    Moon and Jupiter close together

    They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.

15. Sat, Dec 269:23 PM

    First Quarter

    Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.

16. Sun, Dec 276:13 AM

    Neptune at opposition

    Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.

Times are local to America/New York. Each Moon is drawn as it looks at midday.