December 1965

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
11. 1 First qtr
12. 2 64%
13. 3 73%
14. 4 82%
15. 5 89%
16. 6 95%
17. 7 99%
18. 8 Full
19. 9 99%
20. 10 95%
21. 11 88%
22. 12 79%
23. 13 69%
24. 14 58%
25. 15 Last qtr
26. 16 36%
27. 17 26%
28. 18 17%
29. 19 10%
30. 20 5%
31. 21 1%
32. 22 New
33. 23 1%
34. 24 3%
35. 25 7%
36. 26 13%
37. 27 20%
38. 28 28%
39. 29 37%
40. 30 First qtr
41. 31 56%

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

Events in December 1965

1. Wed, Dec 112:25 AM

   First Quarter

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

2. Wed, Dec 14:17 AM

   Moon and Saturn close together

   They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.

3. Thu, Dec 210:58 PM

   Mercury at inferior conjunction

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

4. Wed, Dec 812:10 PM

   Penumbral lunar eclipse

   The Moon passes through Earth's faint outer shadow and dims slightly.

5. Wed, Dec 812:21 PM

   Full Moon Cold Moon

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

6. Thu, Dec 96:42 AM

   Moon and Jupiter close together

   They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.

7. Sat, Dec 11

   Perigee

   The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 364,300 km.

8. Tue, Dec 1410:38 PM

   Moon and Uranus close together

   They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.

9. Wed, Dec 154:52 AM

   Last Quarter

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

10. Sat, Dec 183:55 AM

    Jupiter at opposition

    Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.

11. Sun, Dec 1912:18 PM

    Moon and Neptune close together

    They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.

12. Mon, Dec 206:39 PM

    Moon and Mercury close together

    They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.

13. Tue, Dec 214:28 PM

    Mercury at greatest elongation

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

14. Tue, Dec 218:40 PM

    December solstice

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

15. Wed, Dec 224:03 PM

    New Moon

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

16. Fri, Dec 2411:45 AM

    Venus at its brightest

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

17. Sat, Dec 255:11 AM

    Moon and Mars close together

    They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.

18. Sun, Dec 261:21 AM

    Moon and Venus close together

    They pass 4.7° apart in the sky.

19. Mon, Dec 27

    Apogee

    The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,700 km.

20. Tue, Dec 282:57 PM

    Moon and Saturn close together

    They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.

21. Thu, Dec 308:46 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.