December 2073

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
13. 1 9%
14. 2 16%
15. 3 24%
16. 4 34%
17. 5 43%
18. 6 First qtr
19. 7 63%
20. 8 71%
21. 9 79%
22. 10 86%
23. 11 92%
24. 12 97%
25. 13 99%
26. 14 Full
27. 15 99%
28. 16 95%
29. 17 90%
30. 18 83%
31. 19 74%
32. 20 64%
33. 21 Last qtr
34. 22 42%
35. 23 31%
36. 24 21%
37. 25 12%
38. 26 6%
39. 27 1%
40. 28 New
41. 29 1%
42. 30 5%
43. 31 11%

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

Events in December 2073

1. Mon, Dec 48:59 AM

   Mercury and Venus close together

   They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.

2. Wed, Dec 64:33 AM

   First Quarter

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

3. Sat, Dec 9

   Apogee

   The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,400 km.

4. Tue, Dec 1212:22 AM

   Mercury behind the Sun

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

5. Thu, Dec 148:49 AM

   Full Moon Cold Moon

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

6. Sat, Dec 1610:14 AM

   Moon and Neptune close together

   They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.

7. Mon, Dec 186:25 AM

   Moon and Jupiter close together

   They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.

8. Tue, Dec 198:17 PM

   Moon and Mars close together

   They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.

9. Thu, Dec 211:50 AM

   December solstice

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

10. Thu, Dec 213:58 PM

    Mercury, Uranus, and Venus gathered

    All within 5.7° of each other in the sky.

11. Thu, Dec 217:06 PM

    Last Quarter

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

12. Thu, Dec 217:25 PM

    Mercury and Uranus close together

    They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.

13. Thu, Dec 219:41 PM

    Venus behind the Sun

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

14. Mon, Dec 25

    Perigee

    The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 365,000 km.

15. Tue, Dec 261:32 AM

    Moon and Saturn close together

    They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.

16. Tue, Dec 2610:27 AM

    Venus and Uranus close together

    They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.

17. Wed, Dec 271:31 PM

    Uranus behind the Sun

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

18. Thu, Dec 2810:24 AM

    Moon and Uranus close together

    They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.

19. Thu, Dec 2811:55 AM

    New Moon

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

20. Thu, Dec 281:14 PM

    Moon, Uranus, and Venus gathered

    All within 3.6° of each other in the sky.

21. Thu, Dec 282:50 PM

    Moon and Venus close together

    They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.

22. Fri, Dec 295:58 AM

    Moon and Mercury close together

    They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.

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