December 1914

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
10. 1 99%
11. 2 Full
12. 3 99%
13. 4 96%
14. 5 92%
15. 6 86%
16. 7 78%
17. 8 69%
18. 9 58%
19. 10 Last qtr
20. 11 37%
21. 12 26%
22. 13 16%
23. 14 9%
24. 15 3%
25. 16 New
26. 17 1%
27. 18 4%
28. 19 9%
29. 20 16%
30. 21 25%
31. 22 34%
32. 23 44%
33. 24 First qtr
34. 25 63%
35. 26 72%
36. 27 80%
37. 28 87%
38. 29 92%
39. 30 97%
40. 31 99%

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

Events in December 1914

1. Wed, Dec 21:20 PM

   Full Moon Cold Moon

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

2. Sun, Dec 63:30 PM

   Moon and Neptune close together

   They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.

3. Mon, Dec 711:28 AM

   Mercury and Venus close together

   They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.

4. Thu, Dec 106:32 AM

   Last Quarter

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

5. Tue, Dec 15

   Perigee

   The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 360,500 km.

6. Wed, Dec 162:13 AM

   Moon and Mercury close together

   They pass 4.9° apart in the sky.

7. Wed, Dec 169:35 PM

   New Moon

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

8. Thu, Dec 1712:46 AM

   Moon and Mars close together

   They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.

9. Sun, Dec 2012:56 AM

   Moon and Uranus close together

   They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.

10. Sun, Dec 208:25 PM

    Moon and Jupiter close together

    They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.

11. Mon, Dec 217:54 AM

    Saturn at opposition

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

12. Tue, Dec 2211:22 AM

    December solstice

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

13. Wed, Dec 2311:43 PM

    Mars behind the Sun

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

14. Thu, Dec 243:24 AM

    First Quarter

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

15. Sun, Dec 27

    Apogee

    The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,300 km.

16. Wed, Dec 307:18 AM

    Venus at its brightest

    Shines at magnitude -4.9, as bright as it gets this time around.

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