December 2070

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
9. 1 1%
10. 2 New
11. 3 1%
12. 4 4%
13. 5 8%
14. 6 14%
15. 7 21%
16. 8 29%
17. 9 39%
18. 10 First qtr
19. 11 59%
20. 12 69%
21. 13 79%
22. 14 87%
23. 15 94%
24. 16 98%
25. 17 Full
26. 18 98%
27. 19 94%
28. 20 87%
29. 21 78%
30. 22 68%
31. 23 57%
32. 24 Last qtr
33. 25 37%
34. 26 28%
35. 27 20%
36. 28 13%
37. 29 7%
38. 30 3%
39. 31 1%

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

Events in December 2070

1. Mon, Dec 112:58 AM

   Venus and Uranus close together

   They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.

2. Mon, Dec 19:36 PM

   Moon and Mars close together

   They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.

3. Tue, Dec 211:54 AM

   New Moon

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

4. Wed, Dec 37:04 AM

   Moon and Mercury close together

   They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.

5. Wed, Dec 312:26 PM

   Moon and Uranus close together

   They pass 4.8° apart in the sky.

6. Wed, Dec 31:15 PM

   Mercury, Moon, Uranus, and Venus gathered

   All within 6.0° of each other in the sky.

7. Thu, Dec 4

   Apogee

   The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,600 km.

8. Sun, Dec 71:55 AM

   Mercury at inferior conjunction

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

9. Wed, Dec 103:32 PM

   First Quarter

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

10. Thu, Dec 113:49 AM

    Mercury and Mars close together

    They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.

11. Fri, Dec 1210:57 PM

    Moon and Jupiter close together

    They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.

12. Mon, Dec 153:59 AM

    Uranus behind the Sun

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

13. Wed, Dec 1711:05 AM

    Full Moon Cold MoonSupermoon

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

14. Wed, Dec 17

    Perigee

    The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 356,400 km.

15. Thu, Dec 1812:19 PM

    Moon and Neptune close together

    They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.

16. Sun, Dec 218:19 AM

    December solstice

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

17. Wed, Dec 244:31 AM

    Last Quarter

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

18. Fri, Dec 262:58 AM

    Mercury at greatest elongation

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

19. Fri, Dec 268:23 AM

    Moon and Saturn close together

    They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.

20. Tue, Dec 307:28 AM

    Moon and Mercury close together

    They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.

21. Tue, Dec 306:30 PM

    Mars and Uranus close together

    They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.

22. Tue, Dec 308:46 PM

    Mars, Mercury, Moon, and Uranus gathered

    All within 6.8° of each other in the sky.

23. Tue, Dec 309:53 PM

    Moon and Uranus close together

    They pass 4.9° apart in the sky.

24. Wed, Dec 31

    Apogee

    The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,700 km.

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