December 2009

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
10. 1 99%
11. 2 Full
12. 3 97%
13. 4 92%
14. 5 85%
15. 6 75%
16. 7 65%
17. 8 Last qtr
18. 9 42%
19. 10 32%
20. 11 22%
21. 12 14%
22. 13 8%
23. 14 3%
24. 15 1%
25. 16 New
26. 17 1%
27. 18 4%
28. 19 9%
29. 20 15%
30. 21 23%
31. 22 31%
32. 23 40%
33. 24 First qtr
34. 25 60%
35. 26 70%
36. 27 79%
37. 28 87%
38. 29 94%
39. 30 98%
40. 31 Full

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

Events in December 2009

1. Wed, Dec 22:31 AM

   Full Moon Cold Moon

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

2. Fri, Dec 4

   Perigee

   The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 363,500 km.

3. Tue, Dec 87:14 PM

   Last Quarter

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

4. Tue, Dec 155:17 PM

   Moon and Venus close together

   They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.

5. Wed, Dec 167:02 AM

   New Moon

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

6. Fri, Dec 182:52 AM

   Moon and Mercury close together

   They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.

7. Fri, Dec 1812:36 PM

   Mercury at greatest elongation

   20° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.

8. Sun, Dec 20

   Apogee

   The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,700 km.

9. Mon, Dec 214:45 AM

   Jupiter and Neptune close together

   They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.

10. Mon, Dec 216:31 AM

    Jupiter, Moon, and Neptune gathered

    All within 3.8° of each other in the sky.

11. Mon, Dec 217:07 AM

    Moon and Neptune close together

    They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.

12. Mon, Dec 217:09 AM

    Moon and Jupiter close together

    They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.

13. Mon, Dec 2112:46 PM

    December solstice

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

14. Thu, Dec 2412:36 PM

    First Quarter

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

15. Thu, Dec 312:13 PM

    Full Moon Cold MoonBlue MoonSupermoon

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

16. Thu, Dec 312:22 PM

    Partial lunar eclipse

    Part of the Moon passes through Earth's dark inner shadow.

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