December 2013

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
8. 1 2%
9. 2 New
10. 3 1%
11. 4 4%
12. 5 11%
13. 6 19%
14. 7 29%
15. 8 40%
16. 9 First qtr
17. 10 62%
18. 11 72%
19. 12 80%
20. 13 88%
21. 14 93%
22. 15 97%
23. 16 99%
24. 17 Full
25. 18 98%
26. 19 95%
27. 20 90%
28. 21 84%
29. 22 77%
30. 23 68%
31. 24 59%
32. 25 Last qtr
33. 26 39%
34. 27 29%
35. 28 19%
36. 29 11%
37. 30 5%
38. 31 1%

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

Events in December 2013

1. Sun, Dec 14:14 AM

   Mercury, Moon, and Saturn gathered

   All within 7.2° of each other in the sky.

2. Sun, Dec 14:19 AM

   Moon and Saturn close together

   They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.

3. Sun, Dec 15:37 PM

   Moon and Mercury close together

   They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.

4. Mon, Dec 27:22 PM

   New Moon

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

5. Wed, Dec 4

   Perigee

   The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 360,100 km.

6. Mon, Dec 910:12 AM

   First Quarter

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

7. Mon, Dec 911:33 PM

   Venus at its brightest

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

8. Tue, Dec 1011:44 PM

   Moon and Uranus close together

   They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.

9. Tue, Dec 174:28 AM

   Full Moon Cold Moon

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

10. Thu, Dec 191:00 AM

    Moon and Jupiter close together

    They pass 4.9° apart in the sky.

11. Thu, Dec 19

    Apogee

    The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,300 km.

12. Sat, Dec 2112:11 PM

    December solstice

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

13. Wed, Dec 258:48 AM

    Last Quarter

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

14. Wed, Dec 256:12 PM

    Moon and Mars close together

    They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.

15. Sat, Dec 287:58 PM

    Moon and Saturn close together

    They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.

16. Sun, Dec 291:08 AM

    Mercury behind the Sun

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

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