December 1, 2022
The phase of the Moon is waxing
gibbous today.
December 2, 2022
The phase of the Moon is waxing
gibbous today.
Birthday of the world famous
astronomer.
December 3, 2022
The phase of the Moon is waxing
gibbous today.
December 4, 2022
The phase of the Moon is waxing
gibbous today.
December 5, 2022
The phase of the Moon is waxing
gibbous today.
December 6, 2022
The phase of the Moon is waxing
gibbous today.
December 7, 2022
The phase of the Moon is waxing
gibbous today.
December 8, 2022
The Moon is Full at 04:08 U.T.
today.
The Full Moon of December is
called the ‘Shopping Moon’ in modern
folklore.
December 9, 2022
The phase of the Moon is waning
gibbous today.
December 10, 2022
The phase of the Moon is waning
gibbous today.
December 15, 2022
The phase of the Moon is waning
gibbous today.
December 17, 2022
The phase of the Moon is waning
crescent today.
December 18, 2022
The phase of the Moon is waning
crescent today.
December 19, 2022
The phase of the Moon is waning
crescent today.
December 20, 2022
The phase of the Moon is waning
crescent today.
December 21, 2022
The phase of the Moon is waning
crescent today.
The winter solstice occurs in 2022
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, 2022
The phase of the Moon is waning
crescent today.
December 24, 2022
The phase of the Moon is waxing
crescent today.
December 25, 2022
The phase of the Moon is waxing
crescent today.
Isaac Newton born this day in
1642. Or was he?
December 26, 2022
The phase of the Moon is waxing
crescent today.
December 27, 2022
The phase of the Moon is waxing
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, 2022
The phase of the Moon is waxing
crescent today.
December 29, 2022
The phase of the Moon is waxing
crescent today.
December 30, 2022
The Moon is at first quarter phase
at 01:20 U.T. today.
1930: Robert Goddard launches
rocket to 600 meters altitude, first
liquid fuel rocket to reach higher than
100 meters.
December 31, 2022
The phase of the Moon is waxing
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.