Moon calendar
December 1938
- 1 65%
- 2 74%
- 3 83%
- 4 90%
- 5 96%
- 6 99%
- 7 Full
- 8 98%
- 9 92%
- 10 85%
- 11 76%
- 12 65%
- 13 Last qtr
- 14 43%
- 15 33%
- 16 23%
- 17 15%
- 18 9%
- 19 4%
- 20 1%
- 21 New
- 22 1%
- 23 4%
- 24 8%
- 25 14%
- 26 21%
- 27 29%
- 28 38%
- 29 First qtr
- 30 58%
- 31 68%
- Moon phase
- Perigee or apogee
- Eclipse
- Planets
- Equinox or solstice
Events in December 1938
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3:39 AM
Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
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5:22 AM
Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 360,800 km.
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8:17 PM
Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
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4:34 AM
Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
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12:22 AM
Moon and Mars close together
They pass 2.3° apart in the sky.
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9:37 AM
Moon and Venus close together
They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.
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8:27 AM
Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
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1:07 PM
New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
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7:13 AM
December solstice
The shortest day in the northern hemisphere and the longest in the southern.
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3:04 AM
Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.9, as bright as it gets this time around.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,300 km.
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5:53 PM
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.