December 2050

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
12. 1 89%
13. 2 82%
14. 3 74%
15. 4 65%
16. 5 55%
17. 6 Last qtr
18. 7 37%
19. 8 28%
20. 9 20%
21. 10 13%
22. 11 7%
23. 12 3%
24. 13 0%
25. 14 New
26. 15 3%
27. 16 8%
28. 17 15%
29. 18 23%
30. 19 34%
31. 20 First qtr
32. 21 56%
33. 22 67%
34. 23 77%
35. 24 86%
36. 25 93%
37. 26 97%
38. 27 100%
39. 28 Full
40. 29 97%
41. 30 93%
42. 31 88%

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

Events in December 2050

1. Tue, Dec 61:28 AM

   Last Quarter

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

2. Tue, Dec 6

   Apogee

   The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,400 km.

3. Tue, Dec 611:41 PM

   Moon and Uranus close together

   They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.

4. Sat, Dec 103:03 AM

   Moon and Venus close together

   They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.

5. Sun, Dec 118:00 AM

   Mercury at inferior conjunction

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

6. Tue, Dec 131:56 PM

   Moon and Mercury close together

   They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.

7. Wed, Dec 1412:18 AM

   New Moon

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

8. Tue, Dec 20

   Perigee

   The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 370,300 km.

9. Tue, Dec 209:43 PM

   Moon and Mars close together

   They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.

10. Tue, Dec 2011:15 PM

    First Quarter

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

11. Wed, Dec 2111:38 AM

    December solstice

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

12. Sun, Dec 2512:17 AM

    Moon and Neptune close together

    They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.

13. Tue, Dec 278:22 AM

    Venus at greatest elongation

    47° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.

14. Wed, Dec 2812:15 AM

    Full Moon Cold Moon

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

15. Fri, Dec 308:40 PM

    Mercury at greatest elongation

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

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