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First Quarter Moon at 9:52 UT.
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Mercury at inferior conjunction with the Sun at 9h UT. Mercury passes into the morning sky.
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Moon at apogee (farthest from Earth) at 1h UT (distance 405,414 km; angular size 29.5').
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Moon near Jupiter (evening sky) at 19h UT. Mag. -2.8.
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Moon near the Pleiades (evening sky) at 2h UT.
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Moon near Aldebaran (evening sky) at 0h UT.
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Full Moon at 14:37 UT.
• Full Moon Names (Wikipedia)
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Total Eclipse of the Moon begins at 14:05 UT and ends at 14:57 UT. Mid-eclipse at 14:32 UT. Partial phases begin at 12:45 UT and end at 16:18 UT. The Moon will appear red-orange in color during totality (the Earth's shadow).
Total eclipse visible from east Asia and Australia through to the Pacific Coast of the U.S. and Canada.
• Total Lunar Eclipse of 2011 Dec 10 (NASA)
• Lunar Eclipses for Beginners (NASA)
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Moon near Beehive cluster (morning sky) at 10h UT.
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Geminid Meteor Shower peaks at 18h UT. Produces bright, medium-speed meteors at its peak (up to 80 meteors/hour). Poor viewing conditions this year due to moonlight.
• Observing the Geminids (Gary Kronk)
• The Geminids (IMO)
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Moon near Regulus (morning sky) at 3h UT.
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Last Quarter Moon at 00:47 UT.
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Moon near Spica (morning sky) at 0h UT.
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Moon near Saturn (morning sky) at 6h UT.
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Moon at perigee (closest to Earth) at 3h UT (364,800 km; 32.8').
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December solstice at 5:30 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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Mercury at greatest elongation, 22° west of Sun (morning sky) at 3h UT. Mag -0.4. Thin crescent Moon nearby.
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New Moon at 18:06 UT. Start of lunation 1101.
• Lunation Number (Wikipedia)
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Moon near Venus (32° from Sun, evening sky) at 6h UT. Mag. -4.0.
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All times Universal Time (UT). USA Eastern Standard Time = UT - 5 hours.
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