|
2 Dec |
7:30 |
Full Moon |
|
7 Dec |
03h |
Mars 6° N of Moon |
|
9 Dec |
0:13 |
Last-quarter Moon |
|
10 Dec |
11h |
Saturn 8° N of Moon |
|
12 Dec |
01h |
Vesta (mag. 7.5) 30' S of 46 Leonis (mag. 5.7) |
|
13 Dec |
— |
Geminid meteor shower (Dec 13/14) |
|
15 Dec |
— |
Orion Nebula (M42) on meridian at midnight |
|
16 Dec |
12:02 |
New Moon |
|
18 Dec |
08h |
Mercury 1.4° S of Moon |
|
18 Dec |
17h |
Mercury at greatest elongation (20° east of Sun) |
|
20 Dec |
05h |
Jupiter 0.6° S of Neptune |
|
21 Dec |
17:47 |
December solstice |
|
21 Dec |
— |
Epsilon Aurigae total eclipse begins |
|
21 Dec |
15h |
Jupiter 4° S of Moon |
|
21 Dec |
15h |
Neptune 4° S of Moon |
|
24 Dec |
17:36 |
First-quarter Moon |
|
24 Dec |
02h |
Uranus 6° S of Moon |
|
31 Dec |
19:13 |
Full Moon (2nd one in the same month, a blue moon) |
|
31 Dec |
19h–20h |
Partial lunar eclipse |