December 2182

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
8. 1 37%
9. 2 First qtr
10. 3 59%
11. 4 70%
12. 5 80%
13. 6 88%
14. 7 94%
15. 8 98%
16. 9 Full
17. 10 99%
18. 11 97%
19. 12 93%
20. 13 87%
21. 14 81%
22. 15 73%
23. 16 64%
24. 17 Last qtr
25. 18 45%
26. 19 36%
27. 20 26%
28. 21 18%
29. 22 11%
30. 23 5%
31. 24 1%
32. 25 New
33. 26 2%
34. 27 6%
35. 28 13%
36. 29 22%
37. 30 33%
38. 31 44%

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

Events in December 2182

1. Mon, Dec 24:43 PM

   First Quarter

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

2. Mon, Dec 210:26 PM

   Moon and Neptune close together

   They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.

3. Thu, Dec 53:42 AM

   Moon and Uranus close together

   They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.

4. Thu, Dec 55:20 AM

   Mercury at inferior conjunction

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

5. Mon, Dec 99:13 PM

   Full Moon Cold Moon

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

6. Sat, Dec 147:10 AM

   Mars, Moon, and Saturn gathered

   All within 7.2° of each other in the sky.

7. Sat, Dec 145:46 PM

   Moon and Saturn close together

   They pass 4.6° apart in the sky.

8. Sun, Dec 15

   Apogee

   The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,800 km.

9. Tue, Dec 1711:21 PM

   Last Quarter

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

10. Thu, Dec 199:34 PM

    Moon and Jupiter close together

    They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.

11. Sat, Dec 2112:35 PM

    December solstice

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

12. Mon, Dec 236:13 PM

    Moon and Mercury close together

    They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.

13. Mon, Dec 239:00 PM

    Mercury at greatest elongation

    22° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.

14. Wed, Dec 259:18 AM

    New Moon

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

15. Fri, Dec 27

    Perigee

    The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 363,200 km.

16. Mon, Dec 304:52 AM

    Moon and Neptune close together

    They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.

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