December 2016

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
12. 1 5%
13. 2 9%
14. 3 16%
15. 4 24%
16. 5 33%
17. 6 43%
18. 7 First qtr
19. 8 65%
20. 9 75%
21. 10 84%
22. 11 92%
23. 12 97%
24. 13 Full
25. 14 99%
26. 15 96%
27. 16 90%
28. 17 82%
29. 18 73%
30. 19 64%
31. 20 Last qtr
32. 21 44%
33. 22 35%
34. 23 26%
35. 24 18%
36. 25 12%
37. 26 6%
38. 27 3%
39. 28 0%
40. 29 New
41. 30 2%
42. 31 6%

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

Events in December 2016

1. Mon, Dec 53:48 AM

   Moon and Mars close together

   They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.

2. Tue, Dec 64:34 PM

   Moon and Neptune close together

   They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.

3. Wed, Dec 74:03 AM

   First Quarter

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

4. Fri, Dec 94:24 PM

   Moon and Uranus close together

   They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.

5. Sat, Dec 106:54 AM

   Saturn behind the Sun

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

6. Sat, Dec 1011:39 PM

   Mercury at greatest elongation

   21° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.

7. Mon, Dec 12

   Perigee

   The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 358,500 km.

8. Tue, Dec 137:06 PM

   Full Moon Cold MoonSupermoon

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

9. Tue, Dec 208:56 PM

   Last Quarter

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

10. Wed, Dec 215:44 AM

    December solstice

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

11. Thu, Dec 221:30 PM

    Moon and Jupiter close together

    They pass 2.3° apart in the sky.

12. Sun, Dec 25

    Apogee

    The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,900 km.

13. Tue, Dec 274:11 PM

    Moon and Saturn close together

    They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.

14. Wed, Dec 281:41 PM

    Mercury at inferior conjunction

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

15. Wed, Dec 2811:46 PM

    Moon and Mercury close together

    They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.

16. Thu, Dec 291:53 AM

    New 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.