December 2148

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
8. 1 63%
9. 2 Last qtr
10. 3 44%
11. 4 35%
12. 5 26%
13. 6 18%
14. 7 11%
15. 8 6%
16. 9 2%
17. 10 New
18. 11 0%
19. 12 2%
20. 13 6%
21. 14 13%
22. 15 21%
23. 16 30%
24. 17 41%
25. 18 First qtr
26. 19 63%
27. 20 74%
28. 21 83%
29. 22 91%
30. 23 97%
31. 24 99%
32. 25 Full
33. 26 98%
34. 27 93%
35. 28 87%
36. 29 79%
37. 30 71%
38. 31 62%

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

Events in December 2148

1. Sun, Dec 110:09 AM

   Mercury and Neptune close together

   They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.

2. Sun, Dec 14:46 PM

   Saturn at opposition

   Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.

3. Mon, Dec 28:01 PM

   Last Quarter

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

4. Tue, Dec 35:38 PM

   Mars at opposition

   Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.

5. Wed, Dec 43:14 AM

   Mercury at greatest elongation

   21° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.

6. Wed, Dec 41:37 PM

   Venus and Jupiter close together

   They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.

7. Thu, Dec 5

   Apogee

   The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,300 km.

8. Sat, Dec 711:13 AM

   Venus and Uranus close together

   They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.

9. Sat, Dec 712:26 PM

   Jupiter, Uranus, and Venus gathered

   All within 3.1° of each other in the sky.

10. Mon, Dec 93:22 AM

    Moon and Jupiter close together

    They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.

11. Mon, Dec 96:41 AM

    Jupiter, Moon, Uranus, and Venus gathered

    All within 4.9° of each other in the sky.

12. Mon, Dec 98:49 AM

    Moon and Uranus close together

    They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.

13. Mon, Dec 91:46 PM

    Moon and Venus close together

    They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.

14. Tue, Dec 1011:53 PM

    New Moon

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

15. Wed, Dec 113:05 PM

    Mars and Saturn close together

    They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.

16. Wed, Dec 1110:10 PM

    Moon and Neptune close together

    They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.

17. Thu, Dec 1212:51 PM

    Moon and Mercury close together

    They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.

18. Wed, Dec 188:36 AM

    First Quarter

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

19. Sat, Dec 216:30 AM

    December solstice

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

20. Sun, Dec 22

    Perigee

    The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 366,000 km.

21. Sun, Dec 223:04 AM

    Mercury and Neptune close together

    They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.

22. Sun, Dec 2210:34 AM

    Mercury at inferior conjunction

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

23. Sun, Dec 229:44 PM

    Neptune behind the Sun

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

24. Mon, Dec 234:07 AM

    Mars, Moon, and Saturn gathered

    All within 6.8° of each other in the sky.

25. Mon, Dec 237:25 AM

    Moon and Saturn close together

    They pass 2.3° apart in the sky.

26. Wed, Dec 252:06 AM

    Full Moon Cold Moon

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

27. Fri, Dec 2712:02 PM

    Jupiter and Uranus close together

    They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.

28. Fri, Dec 274:39 PM

    Mercury, Neptune, and Venus gathered

    All within 7.2° of each other in the sky.

29. Fri, Dec 276:53 PM

    Mercury and Venus close together

    They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.

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