December 2197

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
13. 1 59%
14. 2 Last qtr
15. 3 37%
16. 4 26%
17. 5 16%
18. 6 9%
19. 7 3%
20. 8 New
21. 9 0%
22. 10 3%
23. 11 9%
24. 12 16%
25. 13 25%
26. 14 34%
27. 15 44%
28. 16 First qtr
29. 17 63%
30. 18 72%
31. 19 80%
32. 20 87%
33. 21 93%
34. 22 97%
35. 23 99%
36. 24 Full
37. 25 99%
38. 26 95%
39. 27 90%
40. 28 82%
41. 29 74%
42. 30 63%
43. 31 Last qtr

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

Events in December 2197

1. Sat, Dec 27:10 AM

   Last Quarter

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

2. Wed, Dec 68:46 PM

   Moon and Venus close together

   They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.

3. Thu, Dec 7

   Perigee

   The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 360,500 km.

4. Thu, Dec 710:44 PM

   Moon and Mercury close together

   They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.

5. Fri, Dec 810:27 PM

   Total solar eclipse

   The Moon covers the Sun completely along a narrow track across Earth.

6. Fri, Dec 810:29 PM

   New Moon

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

7. Sun, Dec 103:33 AM

   Uranus at opposition

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

8. Sun, Dec 103:44 AM

   Moon and Jupiter close together

   They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.

9. Tue, Dec 126:27 AM

   Moon and Saturn close together

   They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.

10. Sat, Dec 163:39 AM

    First Quarter

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

11. Tue, Dec 19

    Apogee

    The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,200 km.

12. Tue, Dec 199:34 AM

    Venus at its brightest

    Shines at magnitude -4.9, as bright as it gets this time around.

13. Thu, Dec 213:48 AM

    December solstice

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

14. Sat, Dec 233:04 AM

    Moon and Uranus close together

    They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.

15. Sun, Dec 248:12 AM

    Full Moon Cold Moon

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

16. Sun, Dec 314:46 AM

    Jupiter behind the Sun

    On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.

17. Sun, Dec 314:35 PM

    Last Quarter

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

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