December 2069

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
8. 1 86%
9. 2 78%
10. 3 68%
11. 4 58%
12. 5 Last qtr
13. 6 38%
14. 7 29%
15. 8 21%
16. 9 14%
17. 10 8%
18. 11 4%
19. 12 1%
20. 13 New
21. 14 1%
22. 15 4%
23. 16 9%
24. 17 15%
25. 18 23%
26. 19 32%
27. 20 43%
28. 21 First qtr
29. 22 65%
30. 23 75%
31. 24 85%
32. 25 92%
33. 26 97%
34. 27 Full
35. 28 99%
36. 29 96%
37. 30 91%
38. 31 83%

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

Events in December 2069

1. Wed, Dec 42:59 PM

   Mercury at greatest elongation

   21° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.

2. Thu, Dec 57:04 AM

   Last Quarter

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

3. Sun, Dec 81:05 AM

   Moon and Saturn close together

   They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.

4. Tue, Dec 10

   Apogee

   The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,000 km.

5. Tue, Dec 103:06 PM

   Uranus behind the Sun

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

6. Fri, Dec 137:06 AM

   Moon and Uranus close together

   They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.

7. Fri, Dec 1312:38 PM

   New Moon

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

8. Sat, Dec 149:13 PM

   Mercury and Venus close together

   They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.

9. Sat, Dec 149:57 PM

   Mercury, Moon, and Venus gathered

   All within 5.0° of each other in the sky.

10. Sat, Dec 1410:05 PM

    Moon and Venus close together

    They pass 4.6° apart in the sky.

11. Sat, Dec 1410:05 PM

    Moon and Mercury close together

    They pass 5.0° apart in the sky.

12. Mon, Dec 1610:41 AM

    Mercury and Venus close together

    They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.

13. Fri, Dec 202:42 AM

    Moon and Jupiter close together

    They pass 5.0° apart in the sky.

14. Sat, Dec 212:21 AM

    December solstice

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

15. Sat, Dec 214:00 AM

    First Quarter

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

16. Sun, Dec 226:32 PM

    Mercury at inferior conjunction

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

17. Tue, Dec 249:17 PM

    Venus at inferior conjunction

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

18. Wed, Dec 2511:14 AM

    Moon and Mars close together

    They pass 4.9° apart in the sky.

19. Thu, Dec 26

    Perigee

    The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 361,200 km.

20. Fri, Dec 277:50 PM

    Full Moon Cold Moon

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

21. Sat, Dec 2812:22 AM

    Moon and Neptune close together

    They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.

22. Mon, Dec 3011:57 AM

    Neptune at opposition

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

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