December 1962

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
14. 1 20%
15. 2 29%
16. 3 39%
17. 4 First qtr
18. 5 61%
19. 6 72%
20. 7 82%
21. 8 90%
22. 9 96%
23. 10 99%
24. 11 Full
25. 12 98%
26. 13 93%
27. 14 87%
28. 15 80%
29. 16 71%
30. 17 62%
31. 18 Last qtr
32. 19 43%
33. 20 34%
34. 21 25%
35. 22 17%
36. 23 11%
37. 24 5%
38. 25 2%
39. 26 New
40. 27 1%
41. 28 3%
42. 29 9%
43. 30 16%
44. 31 25%

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

Events in December 1962

1. Sat, Dec 110:11 PM

   Moon and Saturn close together

   They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.

2. Mon, Dec 311:26 PM

   Moon and Jupiter close together

   They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.

3. Tue, Dec 411:48 AM

   First Quarter

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

4. Sat, Dec 8

   Perigee

   The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 364,900 km.

5. Tue, Dec 114:28 AM

   Full Moon Cold Moon

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

6. Fri, Dec 1411:40 AM

   Venus and Neptune close together

   They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.

7. Sat, Dec 159:47 PM

   Venus at its brightest

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

8. Sun, Dec 161:41 AM

   Moon and Mars close together

   They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.

9. Sun, Dec 1611:19 PM

   Moon and Uranus close together

   They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.

10. Tue, Dec 185:42 PM

    Last Quarter

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

11. Thu, Dec 20

    Apogee

    The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,700 km.

12. Sat, Dec 223:14 AM

    December solstice

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

13. Sat, Dec 226:45 PM

    Moon, Neptune, and Venus gathered

    All within 4.4° of each other in the sky.

14. Sat, Dec 226:52 PM

    Moon and Neptune close together

    They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.

15. Sun, Dec 233:16 AM

    Moon and Venus close together

    They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.

16. Wed, Dec 265:59 PM

    New Moon

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

17. Fri, Dec 284:38 AM

    Moon and Mercury close together

    They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.

18. Sat, Dec 298:50 AM

    Moon and Saturn close together

    They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.

19. Mon, Dec 3111:47 AM

    Moon and Jupiter close together

    They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.

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