December 1946

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
8. 1 First qtr
9. 2 58%
10. 3 69%
11. 4 78%
12. 5 87%
13. 6 94%
14. 7 98%
15. 8 Full
16. 9 99%
17. 10 94%
18. 11 87%
19. 12 79%
20. 13 69%
21. 14 58%
22. 15 Last qtr
23. 16 37%
24. 17 28%
25. 18 20%
26. 19 13%
27. 20 7%
28. 21 3%
29. 22 1%
30. 23 New
31. 24 1%
32. 25 4%
33. 26 9%
34. 27 15%
35. 28 23%
36. 29 32%
37. 30 42%
38. 31 First qtr

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

Events in December 1946

1. Sun, Dec 14:48 PM

   First Quarter

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

2. Mon, Dec 22:13 AM

   Jupiter, Mercury, and Venus gathered

   All within 6.9° of each other in the sky.

3. Sun, Dec 812:48 PM

   Total lunar eclipse

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

4. Sun, Dec 812:52 PM

   Full Moon Cold MoonSupermoon

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

5. Sun, Dec 86:55 PM

   Moon and Uranus close together

   They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.

6. Sun, Dec 8

   Perigee

   The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 356,700 km.

7. Mon, Dec 93:36 AM

   Mercury at greatest elongation

   21° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.

8. Thu, Dec 1212:39 AM

   Moon and Saturn close together

   They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.

9. Thu, Dec 124:22 AM

   Uranus at opposition

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

10. Sun, Dec 155:57 AM

    Last Quarter

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

11. Mon, Dec 163:06 PM

    Moon and Neptune close together

    They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.

12. Thu, Dec 192:47 PM

    Jupiter, Moon, and Venus gathered

    All within 2.7° of each other in the sky.

13. Thu, Dec 194:49 PM

    Moon and Jupiter close together

    They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.

14. Thu, Dec 197:57 PM

    Moon and Venus close together

    They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.

15. Fri, Dec 204:54 PM

    Venus at its brightest

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

16. Sat, Dec 215:06 PM

    Moon and Mercury close together

    They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.

17. Sun, Dec 225:53 AM

    December solstice

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

18. Sun, Dec 22

    Apogee

    The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,500 km.

19. Mon, Dec 238:06 AM

    New Moon

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

20. Mon, Dec 233:43 PM

    Moon and Mars close together

    They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.

21. Tue, Dec 317:23 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.