December 2079

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
13. 1 First qtr
14. 2 61%
15. 3 70%
16. 4 80%
17. 5 88%
18. 6 95%
19. 7 99%
20. 8 Full
21. 9 98%
22. 10 93%
23. 11 86%
24. 12 77%
25. 13 67%
26. 14 56%
27. 15 Last qtr
28. 16 35%
29. 17 26%
30. 18 18%
31. 19 11%
32. 20 6%
33. 21 2%
34. 22 0%
35. 23 New
36. 24 2%
37. 25 5%
38. 26 10%
39. 27 17%
40. 28 25%
41. 29 34%
42. 30 43%
43. 31 First qtr

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

Events in December 2079

1. Fri, Dec 111:13 AM

   First Quarter

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

2. Fri, Dec 810:16 AM

   Full Moon Cold MoonSupermoon

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

3. Sat, Dec 9

   Perigee

   The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,300 km.

4. Fri, Dec 151:43 AM

   Last Quarter

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

5. Sun, Dec 176:14 PM

   Moon and Mars close together

   They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.

6. Tue, Dec 195:45 PM

   Moon and Venus close together

   They pass 4.7° apart in the sky.

7. Thu, Dec 2112:44 PM

   December solstice

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

8. Fri, Dec 2211:20 PM

   Moon and Mercury close together

   They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.

9. Sat, Dec 231:31 AM

   New Moon

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

10. Sat, Dec 23

    Apogee

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

11. Sun, Dec 245:08 PM

    Mercury behind the Sun

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

12. Sun, Dec 249:51 PM

    Moon and Jupiter close together

    They pass 4.7° apart in the sky.

13. Mon, Dec 257:24 AM

    Jupiter, Moon, and Uranus gathered

    All within 6.6° of each other in the sky.

14. Mon, Dec 2511:16 AM

    Moon and Uranus close together

    They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.

15. Mon, Dec 252:16 PM

    Moon, Saturn, and Uranus gathered

    All within 4.6° of each other in the sky.

16. Mon, Dec 254:37 PM

    Moon and Saturn close together

    They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.

17. Sun, Dec 313:29 AM

    First Quarter

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

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