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Moon near Saturn at 11h UT. (morning sky). Mag. +0.8.
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Last Quarter Moon at 12:44 UT.
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Moon near Spica at 6h UT (morning sky).
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Moon near Venus at 18h UT (morning sky). Mag. -4.2.
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Moon at apogee (farthest from Earth) at 17h UT (distance 406,235 km; angular size 29.4').
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New Moon at 17:41 UT. Start of lunation 1051.
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Geminid Meteor Shower peaks at 16:45 UT. Produces bright, medium-speed meteors at its peak (up to 80 meteors/hour). The parent body of the Geminids is a mysterious asteroid known as 3200 Phaethon believed to be an "extinct comet."
• Meteor Shower Calendar 2007 (IMO)
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Moon very near Neptune at 19h UT (evening sky). Mag. +7.8. Occultation visible from Southern Africa.
• Occultation of Neptune (IOTA)
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First Quarter Moon at 10:18 UT.
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Mars nearest to Earth at 23:46 UT (88.17 million kms). Diameter 15.9". Mag. -1.6. The closest and brightest that Mars will be until May 2016.
• Mars closest to Earth (Earth & Sky)
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Moon near the Pleiades at 23h UT (evening sky).
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December solstice at 6:10 UT. The time when the Sun reaches the point farthest south of the celestial equator marking the start of winter in the Northern Hemisphere and summer in the Southern Hemisphere.
• December Solstice (Wikipedia)
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Moon at perigee (closest to Earth) at 10h UT (360,815 km; 33.1').
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Full Moon at 1:16 UT. The full Moon of December is called the Moon Before Yule in folklore.
• Full Moon Names (Wikipedia)
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Moon very near Mars at 3h UT (midnight sky). Mag. -1.6. Occultation visible from Alaska, Western Canada, and Europe.
• Occultation of Mars (IOTA)
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Mars at opposition at 20h UT. Mag. -1.6. Visible all night.
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Moon near Pollux at 12h UT (morning sky).
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Moon near Beehive cluster (M44) at 13h UT (morning sky).
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Moon very near Regulus at 4h UT. Occultation visible from North and Central South America.
• Occultation of Regulus (IOTA)
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Last Quarter Moon at 7:51 UT.
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All times Universal Time (UT). USA Eastern Standard Time = UT - 5 hours.
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