December 1997

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
9. 1 3%
10. 2 8%
11. 3 14%
12. 4 23%
13. 5 33%
14. 6 44%
15. 7 First qtr
16. 8 66%
17. 9 77%
18. 10 86%
19. 11 93%
20. 12 97%
21. 13 Full
22. 14 99%
23. 15 97%
24. 16 92%
25. 17 86%
26. 18 79%
27. 19 70%
28. 20 61%
29. 21 Last qtr
30. 22 43%
31. 23 33%
32. 24 25%
33. 25 17%
34. 26 10%
35. 27 5%
36. 28 1%
37. 29 New
38. 30 1%
39. 31 5%

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

Events in December 1997

1. Wed, Dec 36:46 AM

   Mars, Moon, and Venus gathered

   All within 6.9° of each other in the sky.

2. Wed, Dec 310:40 AM

   Moon, Neptune, and Venus gathered

   All within 6.6° of each other in the sky.

3. Wed, Dec 33:29 PM

   Moon and Neptune close together

   They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.

4. Wed, Dec 35:33 PM

   Moon, Neptune, and Uranus gathered

   All within 7.8° of each other in the sky.

5. Thu, Dec 45:08 AM

   Moon and Uranus close together

   They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.

6. Fri, Dec 51:02 AM

   Moon and Jupiter close together

   They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.

7. Sun, Dec 71:09 AM

   First Quarter

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

8. Mon, Dec 82:38 PM

   Venus and Neptune close together

   They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.

9. Mon, Dec 87:04 PM

   Neptune, Uranus, and Venus gathered

   All within 7.9° of each other in the sky.

10. Tue, Dec 91:21 AM

    Moon and Saturn close together

    They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.

11. Tue, Dec 9

    Perigee

    The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 368,900 km.

12. Sat, Dec 139:37 PM

    Full Moon Cold Moon

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

13. Sun, Dec 146:59 PM

    Venus at its brightest

    Shines at magnitude -4.9, as bright as it gets this time around.

14. Mon, Dec 1510:48 AM

    Mars, Neptune, and Venus gathered

    All within 3.6° of each other in the sky.

15. Mon, Dec 1511:11 PM

    Mars, Neptune, Uranus, and Venus gathered

    All within 8.0° of each other in the sky.

16. Tue, Dec 1612:22 AM

    Mars and Neptune close together

    They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.

17. Wed, Dec 172:47 AM

    Mercury at inferior conjunction

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

18. Sun, Dec 213:07 PM

    December solstice

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

19. Sun, Dec 214:43 PM

    Last Quarter

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

20. Sun, Dec 21

    Apogee

    The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,300 km.

21. Mon, Dec 224:39 PM

    Venus and Mars close together

    They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.

22. Tue, Dec 239:59 PM

    Mars, Uranus, and Venus gathered

    All within 3.0° of each other in the sky.

23. Fri, Dec 267:33 PM

    Mars and Uranus close together

    They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.

24. Sat, Dec 2710:40 PM

    Moon and Mercury close together

    They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.

25. Mon, Dec 2911:57 AM

    New Moon

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

26. Wed, Dec 3112:07 AM

    Moon and Neptune close together

    They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.

27. Wed, Dec 316:46 AM

    Moon, Neptune, and Venus gathered

    All within 4.8° of each other in the sky.

28. Wed, Dec 317:56 AM

    Moon and Venus close together

    They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.

29. Wed, Dec 319:04 AM

    Mars, Moon, Uranus, and Venus gathered

    All within 7.6° of each other in the sky.

30. Wed, Dec 312:06 PM

    Moon and Uranus close together

    They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.

31. Wed, Dec 316:10 PM

    Mars, Moon, and Uranus gathered

    All within 4.1° of each other in the sky.

32. Wed, Dec 318:25 PM

    Moon and Mars close together

    They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.

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