December 2005

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
12. 1 New
13. 2 2%
14. 3 6%
15. 4 12%
16. 5 21%
17. 6 31%
18. 7 42%
19. 8 First qtr
20. 9 65%
21. 10 75%
22. 11 84%
23. 12 91%
24. 13 96%
25. 14 99%
26. 15 Full
27. 16 99%
28. 17 96%
29. 18 91%
30. 19 85%
31. 20 78%
32. 21 70%
33. 22 61%
34. 23 Last qtr
35. 24 42%
36. 25 32%
37. 26 23%
38. 27 15%
39. 28 8%
40. 29 3%
41. 30 New
42. 31 1%

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

Events in December 2005

1. Thu, Dec 110:01 AM

   New Moon

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

2. Sun, Dec 41:53 PM

   Moon and Venus close together

   They pass 2.3° apart in the sky.

3. Sun, Dec 4

   Perigee

   The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 367,400 km.

4. Tue, Dec 612:01 AM

   Moon and Neptune close together

   They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.

5. Wed, Dec 712:39 PM

   Moon and Uranus close together

   They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.

6. Thu, Dec 84:36 AM

   First Quarter

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

7. Sun, Dec 1111:31 PM

   Moon and Mars close together

   They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.

8. Mon, Dec 127:39 AM

   Mercury at greatest elongation

   21° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.

9. Mon, Dec 129:36 AM

   Venus at its brightest

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

10. Thu, Dec 1511:16 AM

    Full Moon Cold Moon

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

11. Mon, Dec 196:30 AM

    Moon and Saturn close together

    They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.

12. Tue, Dec 20

    Apogee

    The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,000 km.

13. Wed, Dec 211:35 PM

    December solstice

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

14. Fri, Dec 232:36 PM

    Last Quarter

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

15. Mon, Dec 268:19 PM

    Moon and Jupiter close together

    They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.

16. Thu, Dec 296:25 PM

    Moon and Mercury close together

    They pass 4.9° apart in the sky.

17. Fri, Dec 3010:12 PM

    New Moon Black Moon

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

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