December 1916

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
13. 1 First qtr
14. 2 57%
15. 3 68%
16. 4 77%
17. 5 85%
18. 6 92%
19. 7 97%
20. 8 99%
21. 9 Full
22. 10 99%
23. 11 96%
24. 12 91%
25. 13 85%
26. 14 78%
27. 15 69%
28. 16 60%
29. 17 Last qtr
30. 18 41%
31. 19 31%
32. 20 22%
33. 21 13%
34. 22 7%
35. 23 2%
36. 24 New
37. 25 1%
38. 26 5%
39. 27 12%
40. 28 20%
41. 29 31%
42. 30 41%
43. 31 First qtr

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

Events in December 1916

1. Fri, Dec 18:55 PM

   First Quarter

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

2. Sat, Dec 97:44 AM

   Full Moon Cold Moon

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

3. Tue, Dec 128:44 PM

   Moon and Saturn close together

   They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.

4. Tue, Dec 128:48 PM

   Moon, Neptune, and Saturn gathered

   All within 4.8° of each other in the sky.

5. Wed, Dec 136:31 AM

   Moon and Neptune close together

   They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.

6. Wed, Dec 13

   Apogee

   The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,500 km.

7. Sun, Dec 171:06 PM

   Last Quarter

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

8. Thu, Dec 2110:58 PM

   December solstice

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

9. Fri, Dec 2210:39 AM

   Mercury and Mars close together

   They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.

10. Sun, Dec 243:31 PM

    New Moon

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

11. Sun, Dec 243:45 PM

    Partial solar eclipse

    The Moon covers part of the Sun.

12. Mon, Dec 254:51 PM

    Moon and Mars close together

    They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.

13. Mon, Dec 256:06 PM

    Mars, Mercury, and Moon gathered

    All within 2.6° of each other in the sky.

14. Mon, Dec 25

    Perigee

    The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 359,200 km.

15. Mon, Dec 258:59 PM

    Moon and Mercury close together

    They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.

16. Wed, Dec 273:01 PM

    Moon and Uranus close together

    They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.

17. Sun, Dec 317:07 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.