≡
 
     
Sign In

Lunar Calendar Japan 2021 › Moon Japan December 2021

Lunar Calendar Month December 2021 (Japan)

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 Tokyo, Japan during December 2021.

Choose a country from the list to get relevant information:

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 moon2021-12-0416:43
1st quarter2021-12-1110:35
full moon2021-12-1913:35
3rd quarter2021-12-2711:24

Apogee and perigee of the Moon

The following table shows the dates of perigee and apogee of the Moon during December 2021.

PositionDatesTimeDistanceNotes
Perigee2021-12-0419:02356,793 kmMaximum perigee in 2021!
Apogee2021-12-1811:18406,321 km

Eclipses in December 2021

The following is information about eclipses occuring worldwide during December 2021. The eclipses listed here may be totally visible, partly visible or not visible in any part of Japan.

TypeDatesSarosNotes
solar eclipse2021-12-04152

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
Venus2021-12-07 09:48
Saturn2021-12-08 10:52
Jupiter2021-12-09 15:07
Pollux2021-12-21 18:20
Beehive2021-12-22 19:28

Illumination of the Moon

The following table depicts the illumination of the Moon, calculated at 00:00, throughtout the 31 days of December 2021.

December 2021
wMondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFridaySaturdaySunday
Week 48
29 Monday
 
30 Tuesday
 
1Wednesday
 
18.7% illuminated
Age: 25.3
2Thursday
 
10.5% illuminated
Age: 26.4
3Friday
 
4.3% illuminated
Age: 27.6
4Saturday
 
0.7% illuminated
Age: 28.7
5Sunday
 
0.1% illuminated
Age: 0.4
Week 49
6Monday
 
2.6% illuminated
Age: 1.5
7Tuesday
 
7.9% illuminated
Age: 2.7
8Wednesday
 
15.4% illuminated
Age: 3.8
9Thursday
 
24.6% illuminated
Age: 4.9
10Friday
 
34.7% illuminated
Age: 5.9
11Saturday
 
45.2% illuminated
Age: 6.9
12Sunday
 
55.6% illuminated
Age: 7.9
Week 50
13Monday
 
65.4% illuminated
Age: 8.9
14Tuesday
 
74.4% illuminated
Age: 9.8
15Wednesday
 
82.4% illuminated
Age: 10.7
16Thursday
 
89% illuminated
Age: 11.6
17Friday
 
94.2% illuminated
Age: 12.5
18Saturday
 
97.8% illuminated
Age: 13.4
19Sunday
 
99.7% illuminated
Age: 14.3
Week 51
20Monday
 
99.8% illuminated
Age: 15.2
21Tuesday
 
98.1% illuminated
Age: 16
22Wednesday
 
94.7% illuminated
Age: 17
23Thursday
 
89.5% illuminated
Age: 17.9
24Friday
 
82.8% illuminated
Age: 18.8
25Saturday
 
74.6% illuminated
Age: 19.7
26Sunday
 
65.3% illuminated
Age: 20.7
Week 52
27Monday
 
55.1% illuminated
Age: 21.7
28Tuesday
 
44.4% illuminated
Age: 22.7
29Wednesday
 
33.6% illuminated
Age: 23.7
30Thursday
 
23.2% illuminated
Age: 24.8
31Friday
 
14.1% illuminated
Age: 25.9
1 Saturday
 
2 Sunday
 
3 Monday
 
4 Tuesday
 
5 Wednesday
 
6 Thursday
 
7 Friday
 
8 Saturday
 
9 Sunday
 
10 Monday
 
11 Tuesday
 
12 Wednesday
 
13 Thursday
 
14 Friday
 
15 Saturday
 
16 Sunday
 
Content last updated on 2018-10-21T17:33:00Z