December 2122

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
10. 1 6%
11. 2 12%
12. 3 19%
13. 4 27%
14. 5 37%
15. 6 First qtr
16. 7 59%
17. 8 69%
18. 9 80%
19. 10 88%
20. 11 95%
21. 12 99%
22. 13 Full
23. 14 98%
24. 15 94%
25. 16 87%
26. 17 79%
27. 18 70%
28. 19 60%
29. 20 Last qtr
30. 21 41%
31. 22 31%
32. 23 23%
33. 24 16%
34. 25 9%
35. 26 5%
36. 27 1%
37. 28 New
38. 29 1%
39. 30 3%
40. 31 8%

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

Events in December 2122

1. Sun, Dec 65:31 PM

   First Quarter

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

2. Sun, Dec 66:45 PM

   Venus at greatest elongation

   47° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.

3. Sat, Dec 12

   Perigee

   The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 359,500 km.

4. Sun, Dec 138:33 AM

   Full Moon Cold Moon

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

5. Sun, Dec 138:38 AM

   Partial lunar eclipse

   Part of the Moon passes through Earth's dark inner shadow.

6. Tue, Dec 157:01 AM

   Venus and Neptune close together

   They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.

7. Tue, Dec 1511:24 PM

   Moon and Uranus close together

   They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.

8. Tue, Dec 1511:53 PM

   Moon, Saturn, and Uranus gathered

   All within 3.4° of each other in the sky.

9. Wed, Dec 162:44 AM

   Moon and Saturn close together

   They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.

10. Thu, Dec 1711:37 PM

    Mercury at inferior conjunction

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

11. Sun, Dec 2012:05 PM

    Last Quarter

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

12. Mon, Dec 2111:00 PM

    December solstice

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

13. Thu, Dec 24

    Apogee

    The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,500 km.

14. Sun, Dec 273:25 AM

    Moon and Mercury close together

    They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.

15. Mon, Dec 284:56 PM

    Partial solar eclipse

    The Moon covers part of the Sun.

16. Mon, Dec 285:08 PM

    New Moon

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

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