Events for December 2023 
 
 
Date
 
PST
 
Event
 
 
 
04
 
06:00
 
Mercury at Greatest Elong: 21.3°E
 
 
 
04
 
10:42
 
Moon at Apogee: 404348 km
 
 
 
04
 
21:49
 
LAST QUARTER MOON
 
 
 
08
 
06:05
 
Spica 2.3°S of Moon
 
 
 
08
 
07:24
 
Moon at Descending Node
 
 
 
09
 
08:53
 
Venus 3.6°N of Moon
 
 
 
12
 
15:32
 
NEW MOON
 
 
 
13
 
21:18
 
Mercury 4.4°N of Moon
 
 
 
14
 
11:00
 
Geminid Meteor Shower
 
 
 
16
 
10:53
 
Moon at Perigee: 367900 km
 
 
 
17
 
13:58
 
Saturn 2.5°N of Moon
 
 
 
19
 
10:39
 
FIRST QUARTER MOON
 
 
 
20
 
09:00
 
Mercury at Perihelion
 
 
 
21
 
05:54
 
Moon at Ascending Node
 
 
 
21
 
19:28
 
Winter Solstice
 
 
 
22
 
06:20
 
Jupiter 2.6°S of Moon
 
 
 
22
 
11:00
 
Mercury at Inferior Conjunction
 
 
 
22
 
19:00
 
Ursid Meteor Shower
 
 
 
23
 
23:37
 
Pleiades 1.1°N of Moon
 
 
 
26
 
16:33
 
FULL MOON
 
 
 
28
 
03:51
 
Pollux 1.7°N of Moon
 
 
 
31
 
00:52
 
Regulus 3.8°S of Moon