December 1940

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
8. 1 7%
9. 2 14%
10. 3 22%
11. 4 31%
12. 5 41%
13. 6 First qtr
14. 7 60%
15. 8 69%
16. 9 77%
17. 10 85%
18. 11 91%
19. 12 96%
20. 13 99%
21. 14 Full
22. 15 99%
23. 16 96%
24. 17 91%
25. 18 84%
26. 19 75%
27. 20 65%
28. 21 Last qtr
29. 22 43%
30. 23 32%
31. 24 22%
32. 25 13%
33. 26 6%
34. 27 2%
35. 28 New
36. 29 1%
37. 30 4%
38. 31 9%

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

Events in December 1940

1. Tue, Dec 31:02 AM

   Venus and Mars close together

   They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.

2. Fri, Dec 611:01 AM

   First Quarter

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

3. Mon, Dec 9

   Apogee

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

4. Tue, Dec 107:38 PM

   Jupiter, Moon, and Saturn gathered

   All within 2.6° of each other in the sky.

5. Tue, Dec 108:16 PM

   Moon and Jupiter close together

   They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.

6. Wed, Dec 1112:54 AM

   Moon and Saturn close together

   They pass 0.0° apart in the sky.

7. Thu, Dec 125:36 AM

   Moon and Uranus close together

   They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.

8. Sat, Dec 142:38 PM

   Full Moon Cold Moon

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

9. Sat, Dec 214:37 PM

   Moon and Neptune close together

   They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.

10. Sat, Dec 216:54 PM

    December solstice

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

11. Sat, Dec 218:45 PM

    Last Quarter

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

12. Wed, Dec 25

    Perigee

    The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 367,500 km.

13. Wed, Dec 252:24 PM

    Moon and Mars close together

    They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.

14. Thu, Dec 262:00 PM

    Moon and Venus close together

    They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.

15. Sat, Dec 283:56 PM

    New Moon

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

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