December 2183

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
9. 1 94%
10. 2 87%
11. 3 80%
12. 4 71%
13. 5 62%
14. 6 Last qtr
15. 7 43%
16. 8 34%
17. 9 25%
18. 10 18%
19. 11 11%
20. 12 6%
21. 13 2%
22. 14 New
23. 15 1%
24. 16 3%
25. 17 8%
26. 18 15%
27. 19 24%
28. 20 34%
29. 21 First qtr
30. 22 57%
31. 23 68%
32. 24 78%
33. 25 87%
34. 26 93%
35. 27 98%
36. 28 Full
37. 29 99%
38. 30 97%
39. 31 92%

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

Events in December 2183

1. Fri, Dec 54:36 PM

   Moon and Saturn close together

   They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.

2. Sat, Dec 61:44 PM

   Venus and Jupiter close together

   They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.

3. Sat, Dec 65:14 PM

   Mercury at greatest elongation

   20° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.

4. Sat, Dec 66:09 PM

   Last Quarter

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

5. Mon, Dec 8

   Apogee

   The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,600 km.

6. Thu, Dec 114:01 PM

   Moon and Jupiter close together

   They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.

7. Thu, Dec 115:03 PM

   Jupiter, Moon, and Venus gathered

   All within 5.4° of each other in the sky.

8. Fri, Dec 123:28 AM

   Moon and Venus close together

   They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.

9. Sat, Dec 134:18 AM

   Moon and Mercury close together

   They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.

10. Sun, Dec 147:15 PM

    New Moon

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

11. Sat, Dec 2010:43 PM

    Moon and Neptune close together

    They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.

12. Sun, Dec 216:17 PM

    December solstice

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

13. Sun, Dec 219:55 PM

    First Quarter

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

14. Tue, Dec 235:45 AM

    Moon and Uranus close together

    They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.

15. Tue, Dec 23

    Perigee

    The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,700 km.

16. Sun, Dec 287:22 PM

    Full Moon Cold Moon

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

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