Diary of Astronomical Phenomena
All times are local, including one hour daylight
savings time (when appropriate), topocentric to
mid-Norfolk in Eastern England.
December
dd hh
01 06 New Moon
02 23 Moon farthest south (geocentric declination -28.5°)
05 01 Venus 2.6° north of the Moon
06 02 Mercury at inferior conjunction
06 14 Mercury at perihelion
07 20 Jupiter at opposition
08 09 Saturn 0.5° north of the Moon
08 15 First quarter Moon
09 09 Neptune occulted by the Moon
09 20 Moon at ascending node
12 13 Moon at perigee (365360 km)
13 09 Uranus 3.3° south of the Moon
13 17 Pleiades 0.5° north of the Moon
14 01 Geminid Meteor Shower
14 11 Aldebaran 9.1° south of the Moon
14 17 Jupiter 4.6° south of the Moon
15 09 Full Moon
15 20 Moon farthest north (geocentric declination +28.4°)
17 06 Castor 6.0° north of the Moon
17 12 Pollux 3.0° north of the Moon
18 10 Mars occulted by the Moon
18 14 Beehive Cluster 1.9° south of the Moon
20 09 Regulus 1.4° south of the Moon
21 09 Winter Solstice
22 10 Ursid Meteor Shower
22 22 Last quarter Moon
22 23 Moon at descending node
24 07 Moon at apogee (404486 km)
24 20 Spica 0.3° north of the Moon
25 02 Mercury at greatest elongation (22.0° west)
28 16 Antares 0.8° north of the Moon
29 01 Mercury 6.8° north of the Moon
30 05 Moon farthest south (geocentric declination -28.4°)
30 22 New Moon