December 2000

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
13. 1 28%
14. 2 36%
15. 3 First qtr
16. 4 55%
17. 5 65%
18. 6 75%
19. 7 83%
20. 8 90%
21. 9 96%
22. 10 99%
23. 11 Full
24. 12 97%
25. 13 92%
26. 14 85%
27. 15 75%
28. 16 65%
29. 17 Last qtr
30. 18 43%
31. 19 32%
32. 20 23%
33. 21 15%
34. 22 9%
35. 23 4%
36. 24 1%
37. 25 New
38. 26 1%
39. 27 4%
40. 28 8%
41. 29 14%
42. 30 21%
43. 31 29%

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

Events in December 2000

1. Fri, Dec 18:59 PM

   Moon and Uranus close together

   They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.

2. Sun, Dec 310:56 PM

   First Quarter

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

3. Sat, Dec 912:59 PM

   Moon and Saturn close together

   They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.

4. Sun, Dec 103:18 AM

   Moon and Jupiter close together

   They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.

5. Mon, Dec 114:03 AM

   Full Moon Cold Moon

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

6. Tue, Dec 124:27 AM

   Venus and Neptune close together

   They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.

7. Tue, Dec 12

   Perigee

   The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 360,600 km.

8. Sun, Dec 177:41 PM

   Last Quarter

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

9. Wed, Dec 204:41 AM

   Moon and Mars close together

   They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.

10. Thu, Dec 218:37 AM

    December solstice

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

11. Sun, Dec 2412:47 AM

    Venus and Uranus close together

    They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.

12. Mon, Dec 2512:15 PM

    Moon and Mercury close together

    They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.

13. Mon, Dec 2512:22 PM

    New Moon

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

14. Mon, Dec 2512:34 PM

    Partial solar eclipse

    The Moon covers part of the Sun.

15. Mon, Dec 252:02 PM

    Mercury behind the Sun

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

16. Thu, Dec 283:01 AM

    Moon and Neptune close together

    They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.

17. Thu, Dec 28

    Apogee

    The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,200 km.

18. Fri, Dec 296:09 AM

    Moon and Uranus close together

    They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.

19. Fri, Dec 296:14 AM

    Moon, Uranus, and Venus gathered

    All within 5.7° of each other in the sky.

20. Fri, Dec 296:47 PM

    Moon and Venus close together

    They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.

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