December 1908

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
10. 1 59%
11. 2 70%
12. 3 80%
13. 4 88%
14. 5 94%
15. 6 98%
16. 7 Full
17. 8 99%
18. 9 97%
19. 10 92%
20. 11 86%
21. 12 78%
22. 13 70%
23. 14 61%
24. 15 Last qtr
25. 16 42%
26. 17 33%
27. 18 24%
28. 19 16%
29. 20 9%
30. 21 4%
31. 22 1%
32. 23 New
33. 24 2%
34. 25 7%
35. 26 14%
36. 27 23%
37. 28 33%
38. 29 44%
39. 30 First qtr
40. 31 66%

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

Events in December 1908

1. Tue, Dec 112:33 PM

   Venus and Mars close together

   They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.

2. Wed, Dec 211:10 AM

   Moon and Saturn close together

   They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.

3. Mon, Dec 74:44 PM

   Full Moon Cold Moon

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

4. Mon, Dec 74:54 PM

   Penumbral lunar eclipse

   The Moon passes through Earth's faint outer shadow and dims slightly.

5. Thu, Dec 102:37 AM

   Moon and Neptune close together

   They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.

6. Mon, Dec 14

   Apogee

   The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,500 km.

7. Mon, Dec 149:13 PM

   Moon and Jupiter close together

   They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.

8. Tue, Dec 154:12 PM

   Last Quarter

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

9. Sat, Dec 1910:36 PM

   Moon and Mars close together

   They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.

10. Sun, Dec 208:02 PM

    Moon and Venus close together

    They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.

11. Tue, Dec 2212:33 AM

    December solstice

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

12. Wed, Dec 236:03 AM

    Moon and Mercury close together

    They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.

13. Wed, Dec 236:44 AM

    Total solar eclipse

    The Moon covers the Sun completely along a narrow track across Earth.

14. Wed, Dec 236:50 AM

    New Moon

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

15. Wed, Dec 2311:34 PM

    Mercury behind the Sun

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

16. Thu, Dec 247:56 AM

    Moon and Uranus close together

    They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.

17. Sat, Dec 26

    Perigee

    The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 366,100 km.

18. Tue, Dec 295:19 PM

    Moon and Saturn close together

    They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.

19. Wed, Dec 3012:40 AM

    First Quarter

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

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