December 1912

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
8. 1 Last qtr
9. 2 36%
10. 3 26%
11. 4 17%
12. 5 10%
13. 6 4%
14. 7 1%
15. 8 New
16. 9 1%
17. 10 4%
18. 11 9%
19. 12 15%
20. 13 22%
21. 14 31%
22. 15 40%
23. 16 First qtr
24. 17 58%
25. 18 68%
26. 19 77%
27. 20 85%
28. 21 92%
29. 22 97%
30. 23 Full
31. 24 99%
32. 25 97%
33. 26 91%
34. 27 83%
35. 28 73%
36. 29 63%
37. 30 Last qtr
38. 31 41%

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

Events in December 1912

1. Sun, Dec 16:05 AM

   Last Quarter

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

2. Tue, Dec 33:05 AM

   Mercury and Jupiter close together

   They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.

3. Sat, Dec 73:47 PM

   Moon and Mars close together

   They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.

4. Sun, Dec 812:07 PM

   New Moon

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

5. Sun, Dec 83:53 PM

   Jupiter, Mercury, and Moon gathered

   All within 7.8° of each other in the sky.

6. Sun, Dec 85:43 PM

   Mercury at inferior conjunction

   Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.

7. Wed, Dec 1111:01 PM

   Moon and Venus close together

   They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.

8. Thu, Dec 123:09 AM

   Moon and Uranus close together

   They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.

9. Thu, Dec 123:24 AM

   Moon, Uranus, and Venus gathered

   All within 4.1° of each other in the sky.

10. Fri, Dec 135:53 PM

    Venus and Uranus close together

    They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.

11. Sat, Dec 14

    Apogee

    The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,000 km.

12. Sat, Dec 144:55 AM

    Mercury and Mars close together

    They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.

13. Mon, Dec 163:06 PM

    First Quarter

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

14. Wed, Dec 183:16 PM

    Jupiter behind the Sun

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

15. Sat, Dec 2111:44 PM

    December solstice

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

16. Mon, Dec 2311:30 PM

    Full Moon Cold Moon

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

17. Wed, Dec 25

    Perigee

    The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 362,100 km.

18. Sat, Dec 283:43 AM

    Mercury at greatest elongation

    22° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.

19. Mon, Dec 303:12 PM

    Last Quarter

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

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