December 1941

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
9. 1 96%
10. 2 99%
11. 3 Full
12. 4 99%
13. 5 97%
14. 6 93%
15. 7 87%
16. 8 80%
17. 9 71%
18. 10 61%
19. 11 Last qtr
20. 12 40%
21. 13 29%
22. 14 20%
23. 15 11%
24. 16 5%
25. 17 1%
26. 18 New
27. 19 3%
28. 20 8%
29. 21 15%
30. 22 23%
31. 23 33%
32. 24 43%
33. 25 First qtr
34. 26 62%
35. 27 71%
36. 28 79%
37. 29 86%
38. 30 92%
39. 31 96%

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

Events in December 1941

1. Tue, Dec 24:38 AM

   Moon and Saturn close together

   They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.

2. Tue, Dec 210:47 AM

   Moon, Saturn, and Uranus gathered

   All within 4.5° of each other in the sky.

3. Tue, Dec 2

   Apogee

   The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,400 km.

4. Tue, Dec 212:38 PM

   Moon and Uranus close together

   They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.

5. Wed, Dec 33:51 PM

   Full Moon Cold MoonMicromoon

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

6. Thu, Dec 43:13 AM

   Moon and Jupiter close together

   They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.

7. Mon, Dec 82:59 PM

   Jupiter at opposition

   Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.

8. Thu, Dec 111:48 PM

   Last Quarter

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

9. Fri, Dec 128:21 AM

   Moon and Neptune close together

   They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.

10. Wed, Dec 17

    Perigee

    The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 358,000 km.

11. Thu, Dec 185:18 AM

    New Moon

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

12. Sun, Dec 219:05 AM

    Moon and Venus close together

    They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.

13. Sun, Dec 217:16 PM

    Mercury behind the Sun

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

14. Mon, Dec 2212:44 AM

    December solstice

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

15. Thu, Dec 255:44 AM

    First Quarter

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

16. Fri, Dec 267:58 PM

    Moon and Mars close together

    They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.

17. Mon, Dec 297:38 AM

    Moon and Saturn close together

    They pass 2.3° apart in the sky.

18. Mon, Dec 2912:03 PM

    Moon, Saturn, and Uranus gathered

    All within 5.1° of each other in the sky.

19. Mon, Dec 295:07 PM

    Moon and Uranus close together

    They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.

20. Mon, Dec 29

    Apogee

    The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,900 km.

21. Wed, Dec 312:41 AM

    Moon and Jupiter close together

    They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.

22. Wed, Dec 315:34 PM

    Venus at its brightest

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

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