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Lunar Calendar Month December 2024 (Southern Hemisphere)

The Moon is the only natural satellite of the Earth and the fifth largest moon in the Solar System. It is the largest natural satellite in the solar system relative to the size of its planet. The following is information specific for Brasilia, Southern Hemisphere during December 2024.

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Date and time of moon phases

The information in the following table comes from calculations published by the Astronomical Applications Department of the U.S. Naval Observatory.

Moon phasesDatesTime
new moon2024-12-0103:21
1st quarter2024-12-0812:26
full moon2024-12-1506:02
3rd quarter2024-12-2219:18
new moon2024-12-3019:27

Apogee and perigee of the Moon

The following table shows the dates of perigee and apogee of the Moon during December 2024.

PositionDatesTimeDistanceNotes
Perigee2024-12-1210:20365,358 km
Apogee2024-12-2404:26404,484 km

Moon-Planet Conjunctions

A Moon-planet conjunction occurs when an astronomical object has either the same, or nearly the same, right ascension or the same ecliptic longitude of that of the Moon, as observed from Earth.

Astronomical ObjectsDate and Time
Venus2024-12-04 19:40
Saturn2024-12-08 05:49
Pleiades2024-12-13 14:13
Pollux2024-12-17 09:12
Mars2024-12-18 05:46
Beehive2024-12-18 08:28
Regulus2024-12-20 02:37
Spica2024-12-24 16:28
Antares2024-12-28 11:37

Illumination of the Moon

The following table depicts the illumination of the Moon, calculated at 00:00, throughtout the 31 days of December 2024.

The information of the moon (phases of the moon, cycles of the moon) presented here applies to all the territory of Southern Hemisphere.

December 2024
wMondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFridaySaturdaySunday
Week 48
25 Monday
 
26 Tuesday
 
27 Wednesday
 
28 Thursday
 
29 Friday
 
30 Saturday
 
1Sunday
 
0% illuminated
Age: 29.4
Week 49
2Monday
 
0.7% illuminated
Age: 0.8
3Tuesday
 
3.5% illuminated
Age: 1.8
4Wednesday
 
8.3% illuminated
Age: 2.8
5Thursday
 
15.1% illuminated
Age: 3.7
6Friday
 
23.5% illuminated
Age: 4.8
7Saturday
 
33.4% illuminated
Age: 5.8
8Sunday
 
44.2% illuminated
Age: 6.8
Week 50
9Monday
 
55.5% illuminated
Age: 7.9
10Tuesday
 
66.6% illuminated
Age: 9
11Wednesday
 
77.1% illuminated
Age: 10.1
12Thursday
 
86.1% illuminated
Age: 11.2
13Friday
 
93.2% illuminated
Age: 12.3
14Saturday
 
97.9% illuminated
Age: 13.4
15Sunday
 
99.9% illuminated
Age: 14.5
Week 51
16Monday
 
99.3% illuminated
Age: 15.6
17Tuesday
 
96.1% illuminated
Age: 16.6
18Wednesday
 
90.9% illuminated
Age: 17.6
19Thursday
 
84% illuminated
Age: 18.6
20Friday
 
75.9% illuminated
Age: 19.6
21Saturday
 
67.1% illuminated
Age: 20.5
22Sunday
 
57.7% illuminated
Age: 21.4
Week 52
23Monday
 
48.3% illuminated
Age: 22.3
24Tuesday
 
38.9% illuminated
Age: 23.2
25Wednesday
 
30% illuminated
Age: 24.1
26Thursday
 
21.7% illuminated
Age: 25
27Friday
 
14.3% illuminated
Age: 25.9
28Saturday
 
8.2% illuminated
Age: 26.8
29Sunday
 
3.6% illuminated
Age: 27.7
Week 1
30Monday
 
0.8% illuminated
Age: 28.7
31Tuesday
 
0% illuminated
Age: 0.2
1 Wednesday
 
2 Thursday
 
3 Friday
 
4 Saturday
 
5 Sunday
 
6 Monday
 
7 Tuesday
 
8 Wednesday
 
9 Thursday
 
10 Friday
 
11 Saturday
 
12 Sunday
 
Content last updated on 2018-10-21T17:33:00Z