December 2165

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
8. 1 4%
9. 2 1%
10. 3 New
11. 4 1%
12. 5 5%
13. 6 11%
14. 7 18%
15. 8 28%
16. 9 38%
17. 10 First qtr
18. 11 61%
19. 12 72%
20. 13 81%
21. 14 89%
22. 15 95%
23. 16 99%
24. 17 Full
25. 18 99%
26. 19 95%
27. 20 90%
28. 21 84%
29. 22 76%
30. 23 67%
31. 24 58%
32. 25 Last qtr
33. 26 39%
34. 27 30%
35. 28 22%
36. 29 14%
37. 30 8%
38. 31 3%

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

Events in December 2165

1. Mon, Dec 24:19 PM

   Mercury, Moon, and Venus gathered

   All within 5.6° of each other in the sky.

2. Tue, Dec 310:57 AM

   New Moon

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

3. Thu, Dec 59:54 AM

   Moon and Saturn close together

   They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.

4. Sat, Dec 71:07 PM

   Moon and Neptune close together

   They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.

5. Sat, Dec 72:51 PM

   Moon and Uranus close together

   They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.

6. Sat, Dec 73:14 PM

   Moon, Neptune, and Uranus gathered

   All within 2.9° of each other in the sky.

7. Tue, Dec 1012:50 PM

   First Quarter

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

8. Wed, Dec 11

   Perigee

   The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 370,000 km.

9. Fri, Dec 131:24 AM

   Moon and Jupiter close together

   They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.

10. Sat, Dec 143:08 PM

    Mercury behind the Sun

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

11. Tue, Dec 1710:52 AM

    Full Moon Cold Moon

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

12. Sat, Dec 219:39 AM

    December solstice

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

13. Tue, Dec 24

    Apogee

    The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,300 km.

14. Wed, Dec 258:25 AM

    Last Quarter

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

15. Wed, Dec 2510:40 AM

    Mercury and Saturn close together

    They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.

16. Sat, Dec 289:15 PM

    Venus at its brightest

    Shines at magnitude -4.9, as bright as it gets this time around.

17. Sun, Dec 299:58 PM

    Moon and Venus close together

    They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.

18. Mon, Dec 302:23 AM

    Mars at opposition

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

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