December 2008

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
9. 1 14%
10. 2 21%
11. 3 29%
12. 4 38%
13. 5 First qtr
14. 6 59%
15. 7 69%
16. 8 79%
17. 9 87%
18. 10 94%
19. 11 98%
20. 12 Full
21. 13 98%
22. 14 94%
23. 15 87%
24. 16 78%
25. 17 68%
26. 18 58%
27. 19 Last qtr
28. 20 37%
29. 21 28%
30. 22 20%
31. 23 13%
32. 24 7%
33. 25 3%
34. 26 1%
35. 27 New
36. 28 1%
37. 29 4%
38. 30 9%
39. 31 15%

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

Events in December 2008

1. Mon, Dec 13:40 AM

   Venus and Jupiter close together

   They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.

2. Mon, Dec 17:06 AM

   Jupiter, Moon, and Venus gathered

   All within 2.0° of each other in the sky.

3. Mon, Dec 110:08 AM

   Moon and Jupiter close together

   They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.

4. Mon, Dec 110:44 AM

   Moon and Venus close together

   They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.

5. Wed, Dec 39:15 PM

   Moon and Neptune close together

   They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.

6. Fri, Dec 54:26 PM

   First Quarter

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

7. Fri, Dec 55:28 PM

   Mars behind the Sun

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

8. Sat, Dec 61:07 AM

   Moon and Uranus close together

   They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.

9. Fri, Dec 1211:37 AM

   Full Moon Cold MoonSupermoon

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

10. Fri, Dec 12

    Perigee

    The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 356,600 km.

11. Fri, Dec 195:29 AM

    Last Quarter

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

12. Sun, Dec 217:03 AM

    December solstice

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

13. Fri, Dec 26

    Apogee

    The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,600 km.

14. Fri, Dec 266:25 PM

    Moon and Mars close together

    They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.

15. Sat, Dec 277:23 AM

    New Moon

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

16. Sat, Dec 277:34 AM

    Venus and Neptune close together

    They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.

17. Sun, Dec 2810:53 PM

    Moon and Mercury close together

    They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.

18. Mon, Dec 294:20 AM

    Moon and Jupiter close together

    They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.

19. Mon, Dec 294:52 AM

    Jupiter, Mercury, and Moon gathered

    All within 2.8° of each other in the sky.

20. Wed, Dec 314:31 AM

    Moon and Neptune close together

    They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.

21. Wed, Dec 316:09 AM

    Moon, Neptune, and Venus gathered

    All within 4.4° of each other in the sky.

22. Wed, Dec 316:36 AM

    Mercury and Jupiter close together

    They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.

23. Wed, Dec 311:34 PM

    Moon and Venus close together

    They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.

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