December 1927

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
12. 1 First qtr
13. 2 57%
14. 3 68%
15. 4 78%
16. 5 87%
17. 6 94%
18. 7 98%
19. 8 Full
20. 9 99%
21. 10 95%
22. 11 89%
23. 12 81%
24. 13 72%
25. 14 63%
26. 15 Last qtr
27. 16 43%
28. 17 34%
29. 18 26%
30. 19 18%
31. 20 11%
32. 21 6%
33. 22 2%
34. 23 New
35. 24 0%
36. 25 3%
37. 26 7%
38. 27 13%
39. 28 21%
40. 29 31%
41. 30 42%
42. 31 First qtr

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

Events in December 1927

1. Thu, Dec 19:15 PM

   First Quarter

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

2. Fri, Dec 211:03 PM

   Moon and Jupiter close together

   They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.

3. Sat, Dec 33:20 AM

   Saturn behind the Sun

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

4. Sat, Dec 36:03 AM

   Jupiter, Moon, and Uranus gathered

   All within 5.6° of each other in the sky.

5. Sat, Dec 38:30 AM

   Moon and Uranus close together

   They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.

6. Tue, Dec 6

   Perigee

   The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 361,100 km.

7. Thu, Dec 812:32 PM

   Full Moon Cold Moon

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

8. Thu, Dec 812:34 PM

   Total lunar eclipse

   The Moon passes fully into Earth's shadow and turns a dim copper red.

9. Sat, Dec 101:16 AM

   Mercury and Mars close together

   They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.

10. Tue, Dec 138:48 PM

    Moon and Neptune close together

    They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.

11. Thu, Dec 157:04 PM

    Last Quarter

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

12. Sat, Dec 172:06 AM

    Mercury and Saturn close together

    They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.

13. Sat, Dec 176:12 AM

    Mars, Mercury, and Saturn gathered

    All within 5.7° of each other in the sky.

14. Sun, Dec 18

    Apogee

    The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,200 km.

15. Mon, Dec 1911:19 PM

    Moon and Venus close together

    They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.

16. Thu, Dec 225:41 AM

    Moon and Mars close together

    They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.

17. Thu, Dec 2210:12 AM

    Mercury, Moon, and Saturn gathered

    All within 7.8° of each other in the sky.

18. Thu, Dec 2210:35 AM

    Moon and Saturn close together

    They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.

19. Thu, Dec 2211:30 AM

    Mars, Moon, and Saturn gathered

    All within 2.9° of each other in the sky.

20. Thu, Dec 223:18 PM

    December solstice

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

21. Fri, Dec 233:29 AM

    Moon and Mercury close together

    They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.

22. Fri, Dec 2310:59 PM

    Partial solar eclipse

    The Moon covers part of the Sun.

23. Fri, Dec 2311:13 PM

    New Moon

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

24. Mon, Dec 268:01 AM

    Mars and Saturn close together

    They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.

25. Fri, Dec 309:01 AM

    Moon and Jupiter close together

    They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.

26. Fri, Dec 301:07 PM

    Jupiter, Moon, and Uranus gathered

    All within 4.6° of each other in the sky.

27. Fri, Dec 302:46 PM

    Moon and Uranus close together

    They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.

28. Sat, Dec 316:22 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.