December 1954

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
11. 1 32%
12. 2 43%
13. 3 First qtr
14. 4 64%
15. 5 75%
16. 6 84%
17. 7 92%
18. 8 97%
19. 9 Full
20. 10 99%
21. 11 96%
22. 12 90%
23. 13 83%
24. 14 74%
25. 15 64%
26. 16 Last qtr
27. 17 44%
28. 18 35%
29. 19 26%
30. 20 18%
31. 21 12%
32. 22 6%
33. 23 2%
34. 24 0%
35. 25 New
36. 26 2%
37. 27 6%
38. 28 11%
39. 29 19%
40. 30 27%
41. 31 38%

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

Events in December 1954

1. Fri, Dec 34:56 AM

   First Quarter

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

2. Wed, Dec 8

   Perigee

   The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 358,400 km.

3. Thu, Dec 97:57 PM

   Full Moon Cold MoonSupermoon

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

4. Sun, Dec 1212:45 PM

   Moon and Uranus close together

   They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.

5. Sun, Dec 121:50 PM

   Jupiter, Moon, and Uranus gathered

   All within 2.6° of each other in the sky.

6. Sun, Dec 123:51 PM

   Moon and Jupiter close together

   They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.

7. Thu, Dec 1611:26 AM

   Venus and Saturn close together

   They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.

8. Thu, Dec 169:22 PM

   Last Quarter

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

9. Sat, Dec 186:58 AM

   Venus at its brightest

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

10. Tue, Dec 21

    Apogee

    The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,800 km.

11. Tue, Dec 2111:30 AM

    Moon, Saturn, and Venus gathered

    All within 7.2° of each other in the sky.

12. Wed, Dec 224:24 AM

    December solstice

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

13. Sat, Dec 252:19 AM

    Moon and Mercury close together

    They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.

14. Sat, Dec 252:33 AM

    New Moon

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

15. Sat, Dec 252:36 AM

    Annular solar eclipse

    The Moon passes in front of the Sun but is too far away to cover it, leaving a ring of light.

16. Sat, Dec 256:48 AM

    Mercury behind the Sun

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

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