December 1949

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
12. 1 86%
13. 2 92%
14. 3 96%
15. 4 99%
16. 5 Full
17. 6 99%
18. 7 96%
19. 8 90%
20. 9 83%
21. 10 75%
22. 11 65%
23. 12 Last qtr
24. 13 43%
25. 14 32%
26. 15 22%
27. 16 13%
28. 17 6%
29. 18 2%
30. 19 New
31. 20 1%
32. 21 5%
33. 22 11%
34. 23 18%
35. 24 26%
36. 25 35%
37. 26 45%
38. 27 First qtr
39. 28 63%
40. 29 72%
41. 30 80%
42. 31 87%

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

Events in December 1949

1. Thu, Dec 1

   Apogee

   The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,400 km.

2. Mon, Dec 510:14 AM

   Full Moon Cold Moon

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

3. Wed, Dec 71:34 AM

   Moon and Uranus close together

   They pass 4.7° apart in the sky.

4. Wed, Dec 72:22 PM

   Venus and Jupiter close together

   They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.

5. Mon, Dec 126:05 PM

   Mars, Moon, and Saturn gathered

   All within 5.2° of each other in the sky.

6. Mon, Dec 126:06 PM

   Moon and Saturn close together

   They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.

7. Mon, Dec 128:48 PM

   Last Quarter

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

8. Tue, Dec 133:20 AM

   Moon and Mars close together

   They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.

9. Wed, Dec 145:34 PM

   Moon and Neptune close together

   They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.

10. Sat, Dec 17

    Perigee

    The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 364,400 km.

11. Mon, Dec 191:56 PM

    New Moon

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

12. Tue, Dec 206:30 PM

    Moon and Mercury close together

    They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.

13. Wed, Dec 2111:23 PM

    December solstice

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

14. Thu, Dec 225:11 AM

    Moon and Jupiter close together

    They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.

15. Thu, Dec 226:49 AM

    Jupiter, Moon, and Venus gathered

    All within 7.9° of each other in the sky.

16. Thu, Dec 228:04 PM

    Moon and Venus close together

    They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.

17. Sat, Dec 249:18 PM

    Uranus at opposition

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

18. Tue, Dec 271:32 AM

    First Quarter

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

19. Wed, Dec 28

    Apogee

    The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,500 km.

20. Thu, Dec 298:24 AM

    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.