December 2030

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
8. 1 First qtr
9. 2 58%
10. 3 68%
11. 4 77%
12. 5 85%
13. 6 91%
14. 7 96%
15. 8 99%
16. 9 Full
17. 10 99%
18. 11 97%
19. 12 93%
20. 13 88%
21. 14 81%
22. 15 73%
23. 16 63%
24. 17 Last qtr
25. 18 43%
26. 19 32%
27. 20 22%
28. 21 13%
29. 22 6%
30. 23 2%
31. 24 New
32. 25 2%
33. 26 6%
34. 27 13%
35. 28 21%
36. 29 31%
37. 30 41%
38. 31 First qtr

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

Events in December 2030

1. Sun, Dec 15:57 PM

   First Quarter

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

2. Sun, Dec 82:31 PM

   Moon and Saturn close together

   They pass 2.3° apart in the sky.

3. Mon, Dec 95:27 PM

   Penumbral lunar eclipse

   The Moon passes through Earth's faint outer shadow and dims slightly.

4. Mon, Dec 95:41 PM

   Full Moon Cold MoonMicromoon

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

5. Mon, Dec 97:09 PM

   Mercury and Venus close together

   They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.

6. Mon, Dec 911:54 PM

   Moon and Uranus close together

   They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.

7. Tue, Dec 10

   Apogee

   The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,400 km.

8. Thu, Dec 123:20 PM

   Uranus at opposition

   Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.

9. Sun, Dec 152:06 PM

   Mercury at inferior conjunction

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

10. Tue, Dec 177:01 PM

    Last Quarter

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

11. Sat, Dec 213:09 PM

    December solstice

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

12. Mon, Dec 235:54 AM

    Moon and Jupiter close together

    They pass 0.0° apart in the sky.

13. Mon, Dec 239:49 AM

    Moon and Mercury close together

    They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.

14. Mon, Dec 2311:22 AM

    Jupiter, Mercury, and Moon gathered

    All within 3.4° of each other in the sky.

15. Tue, Dec 24

    Perigee

    The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 356,900 km.

16. Tue, Dec 2412:32 PM

    New Moon

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

17. Wed, Dec 254:05 PM

    Moon and Venus close together

    They pass 4.9° apart in the sky.

18. Tue, Dec 318:36 AM

    First Quarter

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

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