December 1991

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
8. 1 19%
9. 2 12%
10. 3 6%
11. 4 2%
12. 5 New
13. 6 0%
14. 7 2%
15. 8 6%
16. 9 11%
17. 10 18%
18. 11 25%
19. 12 34%
20. 13 43%
21. 14 First qtr
22. 15 63%
23. 16 73%
24. 17 82%
25. 18 90%
26. 19 96%
27. 20 99%
28. 21 Full
29. 22 98%
30. 23 92%
31. 24 85%
32. 25 75%
33. 26 65%
34. 27 Last qtr
35. 28 43%
36. 29 33%
37. 30 24%
38. 31 16%

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

Events in December 1991

1. Thu, Dec 55:18 AM

   Moon and Mars close together

   They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.

2. Thu, Dec 510:57 PM

   New Moon

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

3. Fri, Dec 69:18 AM

   Moon and Mercury close together

   They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.

4. Sun, Dec 88:30 AM

   Moon and Uranus close together

   They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.

5. Sun, Dec 89:50 AM

   Mercury at inferior conjunction

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

6. Sun, Dec 82:42 PM

   Moon and Neptune close together

   They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.

7. Sun, Dec 82:50 PM

   Moon, Neptune, and Uranus gathered

   All within 3.2° of each other in the sky.

8. Mon, Dec 9

   Apogee

   The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,800 km.

9. Tue, Dec 103:48 AM

   Moon and Saturn close together

   They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.

10. Fri, Dec 134:01 AM

    Mercury and Mars close together

    They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.

11. Sat, Dec 144:32 AM

    First Quarter

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

12. Sat, Dec 215:23 AM

    Full Moon Cold MoonSupermoon

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

13. Sat, Dec 215:33 AM

    Partial lunar eclipse

    Part of the Moon passes through Earth's dark inner shadow.

14. Sun, Dec 223:53 AM

    December solstice

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

15. Sun, Dec 22

    Perigee

    The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 358,300 km.

16. Fri, Dec 273:19 PM

    Mercury at greatest elongation

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

17. Fri, Dec 278:55 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.