December 1930

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
9. 1 81%
10. 2 88%
11. 3 94%
12. 4 98%
13. 5 Full
14. 6 99%
15. 7 96%
16. 8 91%
17. 9 83%
18. 10 74%
19. 11 63%
20. 12 Last qtr
21. 13 40%
22. 14 30%
23. 15 20%
24. 16 12%
25. 17 6%
26. 18 2%
27. 19 New
28. 20 1%
29. 21 3%
30. 22 7%
31. 23 13%
32. 24 20%
33. 25 28%
34. 26 37%
35. 27 First qtr
36. 28 55%
37. 29 65%
38. 30 74%
39. 31 82%

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

Events in December 1930

1. Mon, Dec 12:05 AM

   Moon and Uranus close together

   They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.

2. Fri, Dec 57:40 PM

   Full Moon Cold Moon

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

3. Mon, Dec 88:30 AM

   Moon and Jupiter close together

   They pass 5.0° apart in the sky.

4. Tue, Dec 9

   Perigee

   The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 368,300 km.

5. Wed, Dec 106:14 AM

   Moon and Mars close together

   They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.

6. Thu, Dec 112:49 PM

   Moon and Neptune close together

   They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.

7. Fri, Dec 123:07 PM

   Last Quarter

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

8. Sun, Dec 1411:23 PM

   Mercury and Saturn close together

   They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.

9. Fri, Dec 198:24 PM

   New Moon

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

10. Fri, Dec 1911:46 PM

    Mercury at greatest elongation

    20° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.

11. Sun, Dec 212:08 AM

    Mercury, Moon, and Saturn gathered

    All within 6.6° of each other in the sky.

12. Sun, Dec 211:47 PM

    Moon and Mercury close together

    They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.

13. Mon, Dec 228:39 AM

    December solstice

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

14. Thu, Dec 251:06 PM

    Venus at its brightest

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

15. Thu, Dec 25

    Apogee

    The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,900 km.

16. Sat, Dec 2710:59 PM

    First Quarter

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

17. Sun, Dec 2810:30 AM

    Moon and Uranus close together

    They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.

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