December 2174

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
12. 1 First qtr
13. 2 61%
14. 3 72%
15. 4 81%
16. 5 89%
17. 6 95%
18. 7 99%
19. 8 Full
20. 9 98%
21. 10 94%
22. 11 89%
23. 12 82%
24. 13 73%
25. 14 65%
26. 15 55%
27. 16 Last qtr
28. 17 37%
29. 18 28%
30. 19 20%
31. 20 13%
32. 21 7%
33. 22 3%
34. 23 New
35. 24 1%
36. 25 3%
37. 26 8%
38. 27 15%
39. 28 24%
40. 29 34%
41. 30 First qtr
42. 31 57%

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

Events in December 2174

1. Thu, Dec 11:17 PM

   First Quarter

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

2. Thu, Dec 17:20 PM

   Moon and Uranus close together

   They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.

3. Sun, Dec 4

   Perigee

   The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 367,500 km.

4. Thu, Dec 88:20 AM

   Full Moon Cold Moon

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

5. Sat, Dec 1012:27 AM

   Mercury at greatest elongation

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

6. Mon, Dec 1212:07 AM

   Mars and Neptune close together

   They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.

7. Fri, Dec 161:11 AM

   Last Quarter

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

8. Fri, Dec 16

   Apogee

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

9. Wed, Dec 212:04 PM

   December solstice

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

10. Thu, Dec 224:05 AM

    Venus and Jupiter close together

    They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.

11. Fri, Dec 2310:27 PM

    New Moon

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

12. Sun, Dec 256:13 PM

    Moon and Jupiter close together

    They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.

13. Sun, Dec 256:29 PM

    Jupiter, Moon, and Venus gathered

    All within 3.9° of each other in the sky.

14. Mon, Dec 261:09 AM

    Moon and Venus close together

    They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.

15. Tue, Dec 279:17 PM

    Moon and Neptune close together

    They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.

16. Tue, Dec 279:33 PM

    Mercury at inferior conjunction

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

17. Wed, Dec 286:05 PM

    Moon and Mars close together

    They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.

18. Thu, Dec 291:14 AM

    Mars, Moon, and Uranus gathered

    All within 4.2° of each other in the sky.

19. Thu, Dec 291:35 AM

    Moon and Uranus close together

    They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.

20. Thu, Dec 29

    Perigee

    The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 370,100 km.

21. Fri, Dec 309:24 PM

    First Quarter

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

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