December 1969

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
9. 1 Last qtr
10. 2 45%
11. 3 35%
12. 4 26%
13. 5 17%
14. 6 10%
15. 7 4%
16. 8 1%
17. 9 New
18. 10 3%
19. 11 8%
20. 12 15%
21. 13 25%
22. 14 35%
23. 15 First qtr
24. 16 57%
25. 17 68%
26. 18 77%
27. 19 85%
28. 20 91%
29. 21 96%
30. 22 99%
31. 23 Full
32. 24 99%
33. 25 96%
34. 26 92%
35. 27 86%
36. 28 79%
37. 29 71%
38. 30 62%
39. 31 Last qtr

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

Events in December 1969

1. Mon, Dec 110:51 PM

   Last Quarter

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

2. Wed, Dec 312:55 PM

   Venus and Neptune close together

   They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.

3. Thu, Dec 45:32 AM

   Moon and Uranus close together

   They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.

4. Fri, Dec 56:12 PM

   Moon and Jupiter close together

   They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.

5. Mon, Dec 82:03 AM

   Moon, Neptune, and Venus gathered

   All within 6.7° of each other in the sky.

6. Tue, Dec 94:42 AM

   New Moon

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

7. Wed, Dec 103:17 AM

   Moon and Mercury close together

   They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.

8. Wed, Dec 10

   Perigee

   The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 360,800 km.

9. Sun, Dec 141:15 AM

   Moon and Mars close together

   They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.

10. Mon, Dec 158:09 PM

    First Quarter

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

11. Sun, Dec 217:43 PM

    December solstice

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

12. Tue, Dec 2312:35 PM

    Full Moon Cold Moon

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

13. Fri, Dec 26

    Apogee

    The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,100 km.

14. Sat, Dec 274:49 PM

    Mercury at greatest elongation

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

15. Wed, Dec 313:12 PM

    Moon and Uranus close together

    They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.

16. Wed, Dec 315:52 PM

    Last Quarter

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

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