December 1957

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
8. 1 72%
9. 2 80%
10. 3 87%
11. 4 93%
12. 5 97%
13. 6 100%
14. 7 Full
15. 8 97%
16. 9 93%
17. 10 86%
18. 11 77%
19. 12 67%
20. 13 56%
21. 14 Last qtr
22. 15 34%
23. 16 23%
24. 17 15%
25. 18 8%
26. 19 3%
27. 20 0%
28. 21 New
29. 22 2%
30. 23 7%
31. 24 12%
32. 25 19%
33. 26 27%
34. 27 36%
35. 28 First qtr
36. 29 55%
37. 30 64%
38. 31 73%

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

Events in December 1957

1. Sat, Dec 71:16 AM

   Full Moon Cold Moon

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

2. Sat, Dec 77:49 PM

   Mercury at greatest elongation

   21° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.

3. Sun, Dec 89:48 PM

   Saturn behind the Sun

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

4. Sat, Dec 14

   Perigee

   The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 370,300 km.

5. Sat, Dec 1412:45 AM

   Last Quarter

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

6. Mon, Dec 1611:24 AM

   Moon and Jupiter close together

   They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.

7. Tue, Dec 1712:18 AM

   Jupiter, Moon, and Neptune gathered

   All within 7.6° of each other in the sky.

8. Tue, Dec 1712:37 AM

   Moon and Neptune close together

   They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.

9. Wed, Dec 184:29 PM

   Moon and Mars close together

   They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.

10. Fri, Dec 205:26 AM

    Moon and Saturn close together

    They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.

11. Sat, Dec 211:12 AM

    New Moon

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

12. Sat, Dec 216:31 PM

    Moon and Mercury close together

    They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.

13. Sat, Dec 219:49 PM

    December solstice

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

14. Wed, Dec 253:19 PM

    Mercury at inferior conjunction

    Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.

15. Thu, Dec 2610:25 PM

    Venus at its brightest

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

16. Fri, Dec 27

    Apogee

    The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,400 km.

17. Sat, Dec 2811:52 PM

    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.