December 1925

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
10. 1 98%
11. 2 95%
12. 3 89%
13. 4 83%
14. 5 75%
15. 6 67%
16. 7 58%
17. 8 Last qtr
18. 9 39%
19. 10 29%
20. 11 20%
21. 12 12%
22. 13 6%
23. 14 2%
24. 15 New
25. 16 1%
26. 17 5%
27. 18 12%
28. 19 21%
29. 20 31%
30. 21 42%
31. 22 First qtr
32. 23 64%
33. 24 73%
34. 25 82%
35. 26 89%
36. 27 95%
37. 28 98%
38. 29 Full
39. 30 100%
40. 31 98%

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

Events in December 1925

1. Sat, Dec 5

   Apogee

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

2. Sun, Dec 612:36 PM

   Moon and Neptune close together

   They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.

3. Tue, Dec 87:11 AM

   Last Quarter

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

4. Fri, Dec 1111:07 AM

   Mercury at inferior conjunction

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

5. Sun, Dec 136:27 AM

   Moon and Mars close together

   They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.

6. Sun, Dec 136:45 AM

   Mars, Moon, and Saturn gathered

   All within 4.4° of each other in the sky.

7. Sun, Dec 137:55 AM

   Moon and Saturn close together

   They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.

8. Mon, Dec 145:40 PM

   Mars and Saturn close together

   They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.

9. Mon, Dec 1411:43 PM

   Moon and Mercury close together

   They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.

10. Tue, Dec 152:05 PM

    New Moon

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

11. Thu, Dec 17

    Perigee

    The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 361,700 km.

12. Thu, Dec 176:36 PM

    Moon and Jupiter close together

    They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.

13. Fri, Dec 189:04 PM

    Moon and Venus close together

    They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.

14. Mon, Dec 213:38 PM

    Moon and Uranus close together

    They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.

15. Tue, Dec 223:36 AM

    December solstice

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

16. Tue, Dec 226:08 AM

    First Quarter

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

17. Tue, Dec 299:01 PM

    Full Moon Cold Moon

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

18. Thu, Dec 313:31 AM

    Mercury at greatest elongation

    23° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.

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