December 1963

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
8. 1 99%
9. 2 96%
10. 3 90%
11. 4 82%
12. 5 72%
13. 6 62%
14. 7 Last qtr
15. 8 42%
16. 9 33%
17. 10 24%
18. 11 16%
19. 12 10%
20. 13 5%
21. 14 2%
22. 15 New
23. 16 0%
24. 17 2%
25. 18 6%
26. 19 12%
27. 20 19%
28. 21 28%
29. 22 38%
30. 23 First qtr
31. 24 60%
32. 25 71%
33. 26 81%
34. 27 89%
35. 28 96%
36. 29 99%
37. 30 Full
38. 31 98%

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

Events in December 1963

1. Fri, Dec 610:17 PM

   Mercury and Mars close together

   They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.

2. Sat, Dec 77:04 AM

   Moon and Uranus close together

   They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.

3. Sat, Dec 74:34 PM

   Last Quarter

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

4. Thu, Dec 126:44 PM

   Moon and Neptune close together

   They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.

5. Fri, Dec 13

   Apogee

   The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,300 km.

6. Sun, Dec 159:06 PM

   New Moon

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

7. Tue, Dec 174:36 AM

   Moon and Mars close together

   They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.

8. Tue, Dec 175:13 AM

   Mars, Mercury, and Moon gathered

   All within 5.8° of each other in the sky.

9. Tue, Dec 175:05 PM

   Moon and Mercury close together

   They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.

10. Tue, Dec 175:18 PM

    Mercury, Moon, and Venus gathered

    All within 7.2° of each other in the sky.

11. Wed, Dec 187:14 AM

    Mercury at greatest elongation

    20° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.

12. Wed, Dec 188:54 AM

    Moon and Venus close together

    They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.

13. Fri, Dec 2010:30 AM

    Moon and Saturn close together

    They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.

14. Sun, Dec 229:01 AM

    December solstice

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

15. Mon, Dec 232:54 PM

    First Quarter

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

16. Tue, Dec 246:21 AM

    Moon and Jupiter close together

    They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.

17. Sat, Dec 28

    Perigee

    The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 360,200 km.

18. Mon, Dec 304:35 AM

    Mercury and Mars close together

    They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.

19. Mon, Dec 306:04 AM

    Full Moon Cold Moon

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

20. Mon, Dec 306:06 AM

    Total lunar eclipse

    The Moon passes fully into Earth's shadow and turns a dim copper red.

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