Moon calendar
December 1987
- 1 86%
- 2 93%
- 3 97%
- 4 99%
- 5 New
- 6 98%
- 7 94%
- 8 89%
- 9 83%
- 10 75%
- 11 67%
- 12 58%
- 13 Last qtr
- 14 38%
- 15 29%
- 16 20%
- 17 12%
- 18 6%
- 19 2%
- 20 New
- 21 1%
- 22 6%
- 23 12%
- 24 21%
- 25 31%
- 26 42%
- 27 First qtr
- 28 64%
- 29 74%
- 30 82%
- 31 89%
- Moon phase
- Perigee or apogee
- Eclipse
- Planets
- Equinox or solstice
Events in December 1987
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2:16 AM
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.
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6:54 AM
Venus and Neptune close together
They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.
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3:01 AM
New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,100 km.
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6:41 AM
Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
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9:57 PM
Saturn behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
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1:31 PM
Moon and Mars close together
They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.
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4:18 PM
Mercury and Saturn close together
They pass 2.3° apart in the sky.
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3:44 AM
Uranus behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
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6:31 AM
Mercury, Moon, Saturn, and Uranus gathered
All within 6.1° of each other in the sky.
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10:48 AM
Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.
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11:14 AM
Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.8° apart in the sky.
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1:25 PM
New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
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2:56 PM
Mercury and Uranus close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
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4:46 AM
December solstice
The shortest day in the northern hemisphere and the longest in the southern.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 361,200 km.
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5:40 PM
Moon and Venus close together
They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.
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2:32 AM
Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
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5:01 AM
First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
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7:22 AM
Mercury and Neptune close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
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7:35 AM
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.
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6:19 PM
Neptune behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Times are local to America/New York. Each Moon is drawn as it looks at midday.