December 1, 2020
The phase of the Moon is waning
gibbous today.
December 2, 2020
The phase of the Moon is waning
gibbous today.
Birthday of the world famous
astronomer.
December 3, 2020
The phase of the Moon is waning
gibbous today.
December 4, 2020
The phase of the Moon is waning
gibbous today.
December 5, 2020
The phase of the Moon is waning
gibbous today.
December 6, 2020
The phase of the Moon is waning
gibbous today.
December 7, 2020
The phase of the Moon is waning
gibbous today.
December 8, 2020
The Moon is at third quarter
phase at 00:36 U.T. today.
December 9, 2020
The phase of the Moon is waning
crescent today.
December 10, 2020
The phase of the Moon is waning
crescent today.
December 11, 2020
The phase of the Moon is waning
crescent today.
December 12, 2020
The phase of the Moon is waning
crescent today.
Forty-eight 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, 2020
The phase of the Moon is waning
crescent today.
Geminid meteor shower this
evening. The Geminid shower is one of
the best showers of the year.
December 14, 2020
The Moon is New at 16:16 U.T.
today.
With this particular New Moon,
the Sun will be eclipsed in totality.
But you’ll only see it if you’re in
the southern part of Argentina!
December 15, 2020
The phase of the Moon is waxing
crescent today.
December 16, 2020
The phase of the Moon is waxing
crescent today.
1857: Edward Emerson (E.E.)
Barnard born, American observational
astronomer with many discoveries to
his credit.
December 17, 2020
The phase of the Moon is waxing
crescent today.
December 18, 2020
The phase of the Moon is waxing
crescent today.
December 19, 2020
The phase of the Moon is waxing
crescent today.
December 20, 2020
The phase of the Moon is waxing
crescent today.
December 21, 2020
The Moon is at first quarter phase
at 23:41 U.T. today.
The winter solstice occurs in 2020
at 10:02 U.T. At that time, the Sun will
be at its farthest distance south of the
celestial equator as seen from Earth.
December 22, 2020
The phase of the Moon is waxing
gibbous today.
December 24, 2020
The phase of the Moon is waxing
gibbous today.
December 25, 2020
The phase of the Moon is waxing
gibbous today.
Isaac Newton born this day in
1642. Or was he?
December 26, 2020
The phase of the Moon is waxing
gibbous today.
December 27, 2020
The phase of the Moon is
waxing 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, 2020
The phase of the Moon is waxing
gibbous today.
December 29, 2020
The phase of the Moon is waxing
gibbous today.
December 30, 2020
The Moon is Full at 3:26 U.T.
today. The Full Moon of December is
called the ‘Shopping Moon’ in modern
folklore.
1930: Robert Goddard launches
rocket to 600 meters altitude, first
liquid fuel rocket to reach higher than
100 meters.
December 31, 2020
The phase of the Moon is waning
gibbous 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.
