December 2004

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
11. 1 80%
12. 2 72%
13. 3 63%
14. 4 Last qtr
15. 5 43%
16. 6 33%
17. 7 24%
18. 8 15%
19. 9 8%
20. 10 3%
21. 11 New
22. 12 1%
23. 13 4%
24. 14 11%
25. 15 19%
26. 16 29%
27. 17 39%
28. 18 First qtr
29. 19 61%
30. 20 71%
31. 21 79%
32. 22 87%
33. 23 92%
34. 24 97%
35. 25 99%
36. 26 Full
37. 27 99%
38. 28 96%
39. 29 92%
40. 30 86%
41. 31 78%

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

Events in December 2004

1. Sat, Dec 47:53 PM

   Last Quarter

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

2. Sun, Dec 55:13 PM

   Venus and Mars close together

   They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.

3. Tue, Dec 75:54 AM

   Moon and Jupiter close together

   They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.

4. Thu, Dec 96:22 PM

   Moon and Mars close together

   They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.

5. Thu, Dec 99:59 PM

   Mars, Moon, and Venus gathered

   All within 3.3° of each other in the sky.

6. Thu, Dec 910:31 PM

   Moon and Venus close together

   They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.

7. Fri, Dec 103:16 AM

   Mercury at inferior conjunction

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

8. Sat, Dec 118:29 PM

   New Moon

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

9. Sun, Dec 12

   Perigee

   The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 358,000 km.

10. Wed, Dec 158:45 AM

    Moon and Neptune close together

    They pass 4.9° apart in the sky.

11. Thu, Dec 166:09 PM

    Moon and Uranus close together

    They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.

12. Sat, Dec 1811:40 AM

    First Quarter

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

13. Tue, Dec 217:41 AM

    December solstice

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

14. Sun, Dec 2610:07 AM

    Full Moon Cold MoonMicromoon

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

15. Mon, Dec 27

    Apogee

    The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,500 km.

16. Tue, Dec 281:26 PM

    Mercury and Venus close together

    They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.

17. Wed, Dec 293:02 PM

    Mercury at greatest elongation

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

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