December 2044

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
12. 1 86%
13. 2 93%
14. 3 98%
15. 4 Full
16. 5 99%
17. 6 95%
18. 7 89%
19. 8 81%
20. 9 71%
21. 10 60%
22. 11 Last qtr
23. 12 38%
24. 13 29%
25. 14 20%
26. 15 13%
27. 16 7%
28. 17 3%
29. 18 1%
30. 19 New
31. 20 2%
32. 21 5%
33. 22 10%
34. 23 16%
35. 24 23%
36. 25 32%
37. 26 41%
38. 27 First qtr
39. 28 62%
40. 29 72%
41. 30 81%
42. 31 89%

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

Events in December 2044

1. Thu, Dec 13:04 PM

   Mercury at inferior conjunction

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

2. Sun, Dec 46:34 PM

   Full Moon Cold Moon

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

3. Tue, Dec 6

   Perigee

   The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 359,700 km.

4. Tue, Dec 64:27 PM

   Mercury and Saturn close together

   They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.

5. Fri, Dec 95:25 PM

   Moon and Uranus close together

   They pass 0.0° apart in the sky.

6. Sun, Dec 119:52 AM

   Last Quarter

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

7. Sat, Dec 176:08 AM

   Mercury, Moon, Saturn, and Venus gathered

   All within 7.5° of each other in the sky.

8. Sun, Dec 181:29 AM

   Mercury and Saturn close together

   They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.

9. Sun, Dec 189:44 AM

   Venus and Saturn close together

   They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.

10. Mon, Dec 193:53 AM

    New Moon

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

11. Mon, Dec 193:56 AM

    Mercury and Venus close together

    They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.

12. Mon, Dec 196:39 AM

    Mercury, Saturn, and Venus gathered

    All within 1.2° of each other in the sky.

13. Tue, Dec 204:24 AM

    Mercury at greatest elongation

    22° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.

14. Wed, Dec 2112:43 AM

    December solstice

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

15. Wed, Dec 21

    Apogee

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

16. Wed, Dec 219:55 PM

    Moon and Mars close together

    They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.

17. Thu, Dec 221:26 PM

    Jupiter, Mars, and Moon gathered

    All within 7.2° of each other in the sky.

18. Thu, Dec 221:32 PM

    Moon and Jupiter close together

    They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.

19. Tue, Dec 279:00 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.