December 2167

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
10. 1 69%
11. 2 59%
12. 3 Last qtr
13. 4 38%
14. 5 29%
15. 6 20%
16. 7 13%
17. 8 7%
18. 9 3%
19. 10 1%
20. 11 New
21. 12 1%
22. 13 4%
23. 14 9%
24. 15 15%
25. 16 22%
26. 17 31%
27. 18 41%
28. 19 First qtr
29. 20 62%
30. 21 73%
31. 22 82%
32. 23 90%
33. 24 96%
34. 25 100%
35. 26 Full
36. 27 97%
37. 28 91%
38. 29 84%
39. 30 75%
40. 31 65%

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

Events in December 2167

1. Tue, Dec 19:05 PM

   Moon and Mars close together

   They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.

2. Thu, Dec 37:34 AM

   Last Quarter

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

3. Tue, Dec 87:25 AM

   Moon and Venus close together

   They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.

4. Fri, Dec 11

   Apogee

   The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,600 km.

5. Fri, Dec 118:29 AM

   New Moon

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

6. Sun, Dec 134:27 AM

   Moon and Mercury close together

   They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.

7. Mon, Dec 145:14 PM

   Moon and Saturn close together

   They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.

8. Tue, Dec 156:05 PM

   Moon and Neptune close together

   They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.

9. Tue, Dec 156:07 PM

   Moon, Neptune, and Uranus gathered

   All within 4.6° of each other in the sky.

10. Wed, Dec 163:09 AM

    Moon and Uranus close together

    They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.

11. Thu, Dec 172:02 PM

    Mercury at greatest elongation

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

12. Sat, Dec 199:05 AM

    First Quarter

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

13. Mon, Dec 219:16 PM

    December solstice

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

14. Fri, Dec 25

    Perigee

    The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,100 km.

15. Sat, Dec 2612:57 AM

    Full Moon Cold MoonSupermoon

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

16. Sat, Dec 2611:49 AM

    Moon and Jupiter close together

    They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.

17. Tue, Dec 2912:12 PM

    Moon and Mars close together

    They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.

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