December 1, 2024
The Moon is New at 6:21 U.T.
today.
December 2, 2024
The phase of the Moon is waxing
crescent today.
Birthday of the world famous
astronomer.
December 3, 2024
The phase of the Moon is waxing
crescent today.
December 4, 2024
The phase of the Moon is waxing
crescent today.
December 5, 2024
The phase of the Moon is waxing
crescent today.
December 6, 2024
The phase of the Moon is waxing
crescent today.
December 7, 2024
The phase of the Moon is waxing
crescent today.
December 8, 2024
The Moon is at first quarter phase
at 15:26 U.T. today.
December 9, 2024
The phase of the Moon is waxing
gibbous today.
December 10, 2024
The phase of the Moon is waxing
gibbous today.
December 15, 2024
The Moon is Full at 09:02 U.T.
today.
The Full Moon of December is
called the ‘Shopping Moon’ in modern
folklore.
December 17, 2024
The phase of the Moon is waning
gibbous today.
December 18, 2024
The phase of the Moon is waning
gibbous today.
December 19, 2024
The phase of the Moon is waning
gibbous today.
December 20, 2024
The phase of the Moon is waning
gibbous today.
December 21, 2024
The phase of the Moon is waning
gibbous today.
The winter solstice occurs this year
at 21:48 U.T. At that time, the Sun will
be at its farthest distance south of the
celestial equator as seen from Earth.
December 22, 2024
The Moon is at third quarter at
22:18 U.T. today.
December 24, 2024
The phase of the Moon is waning
crescent today.
December 25, 2024
The phase of the Moon is waning
crescent today.
Isaac Newton born this day in
1642. Or was he?
December 26, 2024
The phase of the Moon is waning
crescent today.
December 27, 2024
The phase of the Moon is waning
crescent 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, 2024
The phase of the Moon is waning
crescent today.
December 29, 2024
The phase of the Moon is waning
crescent today.
December 30, 2022
The Moon is New at 22:18 U.T.
today.
1930: Robert Goddard launches
rocket to 600 meters altitude, first
liquid fuel rocket to reach higher than
100 meters.
December 31, 2024
The phase of the Moon is waxing
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.