December 2196

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
12. 1 85%
13. 2 91%
14. 3 96%
15. 4 99%
16. 5 Full
17. 6 99%
18. 7 95%
19. 8 89%
20. 9 82%
21. 10 72%
22. 11 62%
23. 12 Last qtr
24. 13 39%
25. 14 28%
26. 15 18%
27. 16 10%
28. 17 5%
29. 18 1%
30. 19 New
31. 20 1%
32. 21 5%
33. 22 10%
34. 23 17%
35. 24 24%
36. 25 33%
37. 26 42%
38. 27 First qtr
39. 28 61%
40. 29 70%
41. 30 79%
42. 31 86%

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

Events in December 2196

1. Mon, Dec 510:31 AM

   Full Moon Cold Moon

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

2. Mon, Dec 510:57 AM

   Moon and Uranus close together

   They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.

3. Mon, Dec 53:50 PM

   Uranus at opposition

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

4. Thu, Dec 83:23 PM

   Mercury at greatest elongation

   21° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.

5. Mon, Dec 1212:08 PM

   Last Quarter

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

6. Tue, Dec 13

   Perigee

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

7. Tue, Dec 1310:40 PM

   Venus and Mars close together

   They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.

8. Wed, Dec 141:05 AM

   Venus and Jupiter close together

   They pass 0.0° apart in the sky.

9. Wed, Dec 142:56 AM

   Jupiter, Mars, and Venus gathered

   All within 0.9° of each other in the sky.

10. Wed, Dec 143:42 AM

    Mars and Jupiter close together

    They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.

11. Sat, Dec 1711:16 PM

    Moon and Mercury close together

    They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.

12. Sun, Dec 186:15 AM

    Moon and Jupiter close together

    They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.

13. Sun, Dec 1810:03 AM

    Moon and Mars close together

    They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.

14. Sun, Dec 181:45 PM

    Jupiter, Mars, Mercury, Moon, and Venus gathered

    All within 8.0° of each other in the sky.

15. Sun, Dec 182:43 PM

    Moon and Venus close together

    They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.

16. Mon, Dec 1910:33 AM

    New Moon

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

17. Mon, Dec 1910:39 AM

    Annular solar eclipse

    The Moon passes in front of the Sun but is too far away to cover it, leaving a ring of light.

18. Tue, Dec 209:55 PM

    December solstice

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

19. Wed, Dec 216:25 AM

    Mercury and Jupiter close together

    They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.

20. Wed, Dec 216:42 AM

    Jupiter, Mars, Mercury, and Venus gathered

    All within 7.5° of each other in the sky.

21. Wed, Dec 2112:37 PM

    Moon and Saturn close together

    They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.

22. Mon, Dec 261:42 AM

    Mars, Mercury, and Venus gathered

    All within 6.5° of each other in the sky.

23. Mon, Dec 262:11 AM

    Mercury and Mars close together

    They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.

24. Mon, Dec 26

    Apogee

    The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,500 km.

25. Tue, Dec 278:16 AM

    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.