December 1995

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
13. 1 75%
14. 2 83%
15. 3 90%
16. 4 95%
17. 5 98%
18. 6 Full
19. 7 99%
20. 8 97%
21. 9 94%
22. 10 88%
23. 11 82%
24. 12 74%
25. 13 65%
26. 14 55%
27. 15 Last qtr
28. 16 35%
29. 17 25%
30. 18 16%
31. 19 8%
32. 20 3%
33. 21 New
34. 22 1%
35. 23 4%
36. 24 10%
37. 25 19%
38. 26 28%
39. 27 39%
40. 28 First qtr
41. 29 59%
42. 30 69%
43. 31 78%

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

Events in December 1995

1. Wed, Dec 68:27 PM

   Full Moon Cold Moon

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

2. Fri, Dec 82:59 AM

   Mercury and Jupiter close together

   They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.

3. Sat, Dec 9

   Apogee

   The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,300 km.

4. Fri, Dec 1512:31 AM

   Last Quarter

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

5. Sat, Dec 167:47 PM

   Venus and Neptune close together

   They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.

6. Sat, Dec 168:37 PM

   Neptune, Uranus, and Venus gathered

   All within 4.5° of each other in the sky.

7. Mon, Dec 184:49 PM

   Jupiter behind the Sun

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

8. Wed, Dec 2012:46 PM

   Venus and Uranus close together

   They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.

9. Thu, Dec 215:22 PM

   Moon and Jupiter close together

   They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.

10. Thu, Dec 219:22 PM

    New Moon

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

11. Fri, Dec 223:17 AM

    December solstice

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

12. Fri, Dec 22

    Perigee

    The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 356,800 km.

13. Sat, Dec 2312:24 AM

    Mars, Mercury, and Moon gathered

    All within 7.2° of each other in the sky.

14. Sat, Dec 234:16 AM

    Mars, Mercury, Moon, and Neptune gathered

    All within 7.5° of each other in the sky.

15. Sat, Dec 236:38 AM

    Mars, Moon, and Neptune gathered

    All within 7.0° of each other in the sky.

16. Sat, Dec 238:42 AM

    Mercury and Mars close together

    They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.

17. Sat, Dec 2311:58 AM

    Moon and Neptune close together

    They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.

18. Sat, Dec 235:22 PM

    Moon, Neptune, and Uranus gathered

    All within 5.7° of each other in the sky.

19. Sun, Dec 241:28 AM

    Moon, Uranus, and Venus gathered

    All within 6.8° of each other in the sky.

20. Wed, Dec 276:37 AM

    Moon and Saturn close together

    They pass 5.0° apart in the sky.

21. Thu, Dec 284:28 AM

    Mercury and Neptune close together

    They pass 2.3° apart in the sky.

22. Thu, Dec 285:45 AM

    Mercury, Neptune, and Uranus gathered

    All within 4.7° of each other in the sky.

23. Thu, Dec 289:44 AM

    Mars, Mercury, and Neptune gathered

    All within 3.4° of each other in the sky.

24. Thu, Dec 282:07 PM

    First Quarter

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

25. Sun, Dec 3111:29 PM

    Mercury and Uranus close together

    They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.

26. Sun, Dec 3111:56 PM

    Mars, Mercury, Neptune, and Uranus gathered

    All within 5.1° of each other in the sky.

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