December 1985

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
8. 1 84%
9. 2 77%
10. 3 67%
11. 4 57%
12. 5 Last qtr
13. 6 36%
14. 7 25%
15. 8 16%
16. 9 8%
17. 10 3%
18. 11 New
19. 12 1%
20. 13 4%
21. 14 10%
22. 15 18%
23. 16 27%
24. 17 36%
25. 18 First qtr
26. 19 56%
27. 20 66%
28. 21 74%
29. 22 82%
30. 23 89%
31. 24 94%
32. 25 98%
33. 26 100%
34. 27 Full
35. 28 98%
36. 29 94%
37. 30 89%
38. 31 81%

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

Events in December 1985

1. Mon, Dec 211:28 AM

   Mercury and Saturn close together

   They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.

2. Tue, Dec 37:25 PM

   Mercury and Venus close together

   They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.

3. Tue, Dec 310:39 PM

   Mercury, Saturn, and Venus gathered

   All within 1.6° of each other in the sky.

4. Thu, Dec 51:11 AM

   Venus and Saturn close together

   They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.

5. Thu, Dec 54:01 AM

   Last Quarter

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

6. Sun, Dec 85:29 AM

   Moon and Mars close together

   They pass 0.0° apart in the sky.

7. Tue, Dec 102:47 AM

   Uranus behind the Sun

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

8. Tue, Dec 1010:53 AM

   Moon and Mercury close together

   They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.

9. Tue, Dec 1012:06 PM

   Mercury, Moon, and Saturn gathered

   All within 4.7° of each other in the sky.

10. Tue, Dec 104:42 PM

    Moon and Saturn close together

    They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.

11. Tue, Dec 105:23 PM

    Moon, Saturn, and Venus gathered

    All within 6.6° of each other in the sky.

12. Tue, Dec 10

    Perigee

    The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 358,700 km.

13. Wed, Dec 113:52 AM

    Moon and Venus close together

    They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.

14. Wed, Dec 113:49 PM

    Moon, Uranus, and Venus gathered

    All within 7.8° of each other in the sky.

15. Wed, Dec 115:17 PM

    Moon and Uranus close together

    They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.

16. Wed, Dec 117:55 PM

    New Moon

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

17. Sun, Dec 152:59 PM

    Moon and Jupiter close together

    They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.

18. Mon, Dec 163:04 PM

    Mercury and Saturn close together

    They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.

19. Mon, Dec 1611:48 PM

    Mercury at greatest elongation

    21° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.

20. Wed, Dec 184:32 AM

    Venus and Uranus close together

    They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.

21. Wed, Dec 188:58 PM

    First Quarter

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

22. Sat, Dec 215:08 PM

    December solstice

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

23. Mon, Dec 23

    Apogee

    The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,600 km.

24. Tue, Dec 2411:33 PM

    Neptune behind the Sun

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

25. Fri, Dec 272:31 AM

    Full Moon Cold Moon

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

26. Sun, Dec 297:34 AM

    Mercury and Uranus close together

    They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.

27. Sun, Dec 2911:20 PM

    Venus and Neptune close together

    They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.

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