December 1, 2018
The phase of the Moon is waning
crescent today.
December 2, 2018
The phase of the Moon is waning
crescent today.
Birthday of the world famous
astronomer.
December 3, 2018
The phase of the Moon is waning
crescent today.
December 4, 2018
The phase of the Moon is waning
crescent today.
December 5, 2018
The phase of the Moon is waning
crescent today.
December 6, 2018
The phase of the Moon is waning
crescent today.
December 7, 2018
The Moon is New at 7:20 U.T.
today.
December 8, 2018
The phase of the Moon is waxing
crewcent today.
December 9, 2018
The phase of the Moon is waxing
crescent today.
December 10, 2018
The phase of the Moon is waxing
crescent today.
December 11, 2018
The phase of the Moon is waxing
crescent today.
December 12, 2018
The phase of the Moon is waxing
crescent today.
Forty-six years ago today, Apollo
17, the last manned landing on the
Moon took place. Crew: Eugene A.
Cernan, Harrison H. Schmitt, and
Ronald B. Evans.
December 13, 2018
The phase of the Moon is waxing
crescent today.
Geminid meteor shower this
evening. The Geminid shower is one of
the best showers of the year.
Unfortunately, most northern
hemisphere observers think it’s too
cold to be outside all night. Bundle up.
Take a look after midnight.
December 14, 2018
The phase of the Moon is waxing
crescent today.
December 15, 2018
The Moon is at first quarter phase
at 11:49 U.T. today.
December 16, 2018
The phase of the Moon is waxing
gibbous today.
1857: Edward Emerson (E.E.)
Barnard born, American observational
astronomer with many discoveries to
his credit.
December 17, 2018
The phase of the Moon is waxing
gibbous today.
December 18, 2018
The phase of the Moon is waxing
gibbous today.
December 19, 2018
The phase of the Moon is waxing
gibbous today.
December 20, 2018
The phase of the Moon is waxing
gibbous today.
December 21, 2018
The phase of the Moon is waxing
gibbous today.
December 22, 2018
The Moon is Full at 17:49 U.T.
today. The Full Moon of December is
called the ‘Shopping Moon’ in modern
folklore.
The winter solstice occurs in
2018 at 1:23 U.T. At that time, the
Sun will be at its farthest distance
south of the celestial equator as seen
from Earth.
December 24, 2018
The phase of the Moon is waning
gibbous today.
December 25, 2018
The phase of the Moon is waning
gibbous today.
Isaac Newton born this day in
1642. Or was he?
December 26, 2018
The phase of the Moon is waning
gibbous today.
December 27, 2018
The phase of the Moon is waning
gibbous today.
1571: Johannes Kepler born,
Kepler used Tycho’s extensive records
of Mars's positions to formulate the
three laws of planetary motion still in
widespread use today.
December 28, 2018
The phase of the Moon is waning
gibbous today.
December 29, 2018
The Moon is at third quarter
phase at 9:34 U.T. today.
December 30, 2018
The phase of the Moon is waning
crescent today.
1930: Robert Goddard launches
rocket to 600 meters altitude, first
liquid fuel rocket to reach higher than
100 meters.
Oh, for those of you metric
impaired, that’s about twice the height
of the Empire State Building
December 31, 2018
The phase of the Moon is waning
crescent today.
Birthday of Robert G. Aitken,
(1864) American observer who
discovered and catalogued more than
3100 binary star systems.
Also the birthday of George
Ritchey, who created innovative new
telescope designs.
