December 1958

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
9. 1 74%
10. 2 65%
11. 3 Last qtr
12. 4 43%
13. 5 32%
14. 6 22%
15. 7 13%
16. 8 6%
17. 9 2%
18. 10 New
19. 11 2%
20. 12 6%
21. 13 12%
22. 14 19%
23. 15 28%
24. 16 38%
25. 17 First qtr
26. 18 57%
27. 19 66%
28. 20 75%
29. 21 82%
30. 22 89%
31. 23 94%
32. 24 98%
33. 25 Full
34. 26 100%
35. 27 97%
36. 28 93%
37. 29 87%
38. 30 79%
39. 31 69%

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

Events in December 1958

1. Wed, Dec 38:24 PM

   Last Quarter

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

2. Sun, Dec 75:30 AM

   Mercury and Venus close together

   They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.

3. Sun, Dec 77:01 AM

   Mercury, Saturn, and Venus gathered

   All within 5.5° of each other in the sky.

4. Sun, Dec 74:09 PM

   Moon and Neptune close together

   They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.

5. Mon, Dec 81:57 PM

   Moon and Jupiter close together

   They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.

6. Mon, Dec 8

   Perigee

   The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 361,400 km.

7. Tue, Dec 910:29 PM

   Mercury at inferior conjunction

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

8. Wed, Dec 1010:20 AM

   Moon and Mercury close together

   They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.

9. Wed, Dec 1012:23 PM

   New Moon

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

10. Thu, Dec 1112:45 AM

    Moon, Saturn, and Venus gathered

    All within 5.1° of each other in the sky.

11. Thu, Dec 112:53 AM

    Moon and Saturn close together

    They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.

12. Thu, Dec 1111:10 PM

    Venus and Saturn close together

    They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.

13. Wed, Dec 176:53 PM

    First Quarter

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

14. Sat, Dec 207:18 AM

    Saturn behind the Sun

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

15. Sat, Dec 20

    Apogee

    The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,000 km.

16. Mon, Dec 222:18 AM

    Moon and Mars close together

    They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.

17. Mon, Dec 223:39 AM

    December solstice

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

18. Thu, Dec 2510:54 PM

    Full Moon Cold Moon

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

19. Mon, Dec 299:22 AM

    Mercury at greatest elongation

    22° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.

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