December 2020

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
10. 1 98%
11. 2 95%
12. 3 90%
13. 4 83%
14. 5 74%
15. 6 64%
16. 7 Last qtr
17. 8 42%
18. 9 31%
19. 10 21%
20. 11 12%
21. 12 6%
22. 13 1%
23. 14 New
24. 15 1%
25. 16 6%
26. 17 12%
27. 18 19%
28. 19 28%
29. 20 38%
30. 21 First qtr
31. 22 57%
32. 23 66%
33. 24 75%
34. 25 82%
35. 26 89%
36. 27 94%
37. 28 98%
38. 29 Full
39. 30 100%
40. 31 97%

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

Events in December 2020

1. Mon, Dec 77:37 PM

   Last Quarter

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

2. Sat, Dec 12

   Perigee

   The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 361,800 km.

3. Sat, Dec 123:59 PM

   Moon and Venus close together

   They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.

4. Mon, Dec 145:42 AM

   Moon and Mercury close together

   They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.

5. Mon, Dec 1411:13 AM

   Total solar eclipse

   The Moon covers the Sun completely along a narrow track across Earth.

6. Mon, Dec 1411:17 AM

   New Moon

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

7. Thu, Dec 1712:34 AM

   Moon and Jupiter close together

   They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.

8. Thu, Dec 171:04 AM

   Jupiter, Moon, and Saturn gathered

   All within 3.0° of each other in the sky.

9. Thu, Dec 171:28 AM

   Moon and Saturn close together

   They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.

10. Sat, Dec 1910:06 PM

    Mercury behind the Sun

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

11. Sun, Dec 206:34 PM

    Moon and Neptune close together

    They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.

12. Mon, Dec 215:02 AM

    December solstice

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

13. Mon, Dec 211:26 PM

    Jupiter and Saturn close together

    They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.

14. Mon, Dec 216:41 PM

    First Quarter

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

15. Thu, Dec 24

    Apogee

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

16. Thu, Dec 247:55 PM

    Moon and Uranus close together

    They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.

17. Tue, Dec 2910:28 PM

    Full Moon Cold Moon

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

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