December 2055

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
11. 1 94%
12. 2 98%
13. 3 100%
14. 4 Full
15. 5 98%
16. 6 94%
17. 7 88%
18. 8 80%
19. 9 71%
20. 10 60%
21. 11 Last qtr
22. 12 38%
23. 13 27%
24. 14 17%
25. 15 9%
26. 16 4%
27. 17 1%
28. 18 New
29. 19 2%
30. 20 7%
31. 21 13%
32. 22 21%
33. 23 29%
34. 24 39%
35. 25 First qtr
36. 26 57%
37. 27 67%
38. 28 75%
39. 29 83%
40. 30 90%
41. 31 95%

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

Events in December 2055

1. Fri, Dec 35:03 PM

   Moon and Neptune close together

   They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.

2. Sat, Dec 412:40 AM

   Full Moon Cold Moon

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

3. Sat, Dec 1110:05 AM

   Last Quarter

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

4. Mon, Dec 1311:13 AM

   Moon and Uranus close together

   They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.

5. Wed, Dec 15

   Perigee

   The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 365,600 km.

6. Wed, Dec 156:18 AM

   Moon and Venus close together

   They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.

7. Thu, Dec 162:39 AM

   Mercury and Jupiter close together

   They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.

8. Fri, Dec 175:11 PM

   Moon and Mars close together

   They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.

9. Sat, Dec 183:15 AM

   New Moon

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

10. Sun, Dec 1910:56 AM

    Moon and Jupiter close together

    They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.

11. Sun, Dec 191:22 PM

    Jupiter, Mercury, and Moon gathered

    All within 3.6° of each other in the sky.

12. Sun, Dec 194:51 PM

    Moon and Mercury close together

    They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.

13. Sun, Dec 195:58 PM

    Mercury at greatest elongation

    20° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.

14. Tue, Dec 214:55 PM

    December solstice

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

15. Sat, Dec 253:41 PM

    Moon and Saturn close together

    They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.

16. Sat, Dec 255:29 PM

    First Quarter

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

17. Sun, Dec 26

    Apogee

    The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,600 km.

18. Thu, Dec 3011:40 PM

    Moon and Neptune close together

    They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.

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