December 2130

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
13. 1 1%
14. 2 4%
15. 3 8%
16. 4 15%
17. 5 24%
18. 6 34%
19. 7 First qtr
20. 8 56%
21. 9 67%
22. 10 78%
23. 11 86%
24. 12 93%
25. 13 98%
26. 14 Full
27. 15 99%
28. 16 96%
29. 17 91%
30. 18 84%
31. 19 76%
32. 20 68%
33. 21 58%
34. 22 Last qtr
35. 23 40%
36. 24 31%
37. 25 22%
38. 26 15%
39. 27 8%
40. 28 4%
41. 29 1%
42. 30 New
43. 31 2%

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

Events in December 2130

1. Mon, Dec 48:57 AM

   Venus at greatest elongation

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

2. Thu, Dec 711:35 PM

   First Quarter

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

3. Mon, Dec 11

   Perigee

   The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 366,600 km.

4. Tue, Dec 125:38 AM

   Moon and Jupiter close together

   They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.

5. Wed, Dec 131:23 AM

   Mercury at greatest elongation

   21° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.

6. Thu, Dec 145:28 PM

   Full Moon Cold Moon

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

7. Mon, Dec 188:37 AM

   Mars and Neptune close together

   They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.

8. Wed, Dec 2010:08 AM

   Venus and Saturn close together

   They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.

9. Wed, Dec 2011:20 AM

   Moon and Uranus close together

   They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.

10. Thu, Dec 219:52 PM

    December solstice

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

11. Fri, Dec 229:13 AM

    Last Quarter

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

12. Sat, Dec 23

    Apogee

    The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,500 km.

13. Mon, Dec 2510:40 PM

    Moon and Saturn close together

    They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.

14. Mon, Dec 2511:24 PM

    Moon, Saturn, and Venus gathered

    All within 5.7° of each other in the sky.

15. Tue, Dec 2610:53 AM

    Moon and Venus close together

    They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.

16. Tue, Dec 267:41 PM

    Moon, Neptune, and Venus gathered

    All within 4.4° of each other in the sky.

17. Tue, Dec 268:03 PM

    Moon and Neptune close together

    They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.

18. Tue, Dec 2610:58 PM

    Mars, Moon, and Neptune gathered

    All within 5.7° of each other in the sky.

19. Wed, Dec 277:17 AM

    Moon and Mars close together

    They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.

20. Thu, Dec 2811:30 PM

    Moon and Mercury close together

    They pass 2.3° apart in the sky.

21. Sat, Dec 307:44 AM

    New Moon

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

22. Sat, Dec 307:56 AM

    Partial solar eclipse

    The Moon covers part of the Sun.

23. Sat, Dec 304:47 PM

    Venus and Neptune close together

    They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.

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