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Lunar Calendar Month December 2019 (Norway)

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 Oslo, Norway during December 2019.

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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
1st quarter2019-12-0407:58
full moon2019-12-1206:12
3rd quarter2019-12-1905:57
new moon2019-12-2606:13

Apogee and perigee of the Moon

The following table shows the dates of perigee and apogee of the Moon during December 2019.

PositionDatesTimeDistanceNotes
Apogee2019-12-0505:10404,445 km
Perigee2019-12-1821:31370,258 km

Eclipses in December 2019

The following is information about eclipses occuring worldwide during December 2019. The eclipses listed here may be totally visible, partly visible or not visible in any part of Norway.

TypeDatesSarosNotes
solar eclipse2019-12-26132

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
Beehive2019-12-15 16:54
Mars2019-12-23 02:49
Venus2019-12-29 02:32

Illumination of the Moon

The following table depicts the illumination of the Moon, calculated at 00:00, throughtout the 31 days of December 2019.

December 2019
wMondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFridaySaturdaySunday
Week 48
25Monday
 
26Tuesday
 
27Wednesday
 
28Thursday
 
29Friday
 
30Saturday
 
1Sunday
 
20% illuminated
Age:4.4
Week 49
2Monday
 
28.4% illuminated
Age:5.3
3Tuesday
 
37.5% illuminated
Age:6.2
4Wednesday
 
46.9% illuminated
Age:7.1
5Thursday
 
56.3% illuminated
Age:8
6Friday
 
65.5% illuminated
Age:8.9
7Saturday
 
74.2% illuminated
Age:9.8
8Sunday
 
82.1% illuminated
Age:10.7
Week 50
9Monday
 
89% illuminated
Age:11.6
10Tuesday
 
94.4% illuminated
Age:12.5
11Wednesday
 
98.2% illuminated
Age:13.5
12Thursday
 
99.9% illuminated
Age:14.5
13Friday
 
99.4% illuminated
Age:15.5
14Saturday
 
96.5% illuminated
Age:16.5
15Sunday
 
91.2% illuminated
Age:17.6
Week 51
16Monday
 
83.8% illuminated
Age:18.7
17Tuesday
 
74.6% illuminated
Age:19.7
18Wednesday
 
64.1% illuminated
Age:20.8
19Thursday
 
52.9% illuminated
Age:21.9
20Friday
 
41.5% illuminated
Age:23
21Saturday
 
30.6% illuminated
Age:24
22Sunday
 
20.7% illuminated
Age:25.1
Week 52
23Monday
 
12.3% illuminated
Age:26.2
24Tuesday
 
6% illuminated
Age:27.2
25Wednesday
 
1.8% illuminated
Age:28.3
26Thursday
 
0.1% illuminated
Age:29.3
27Friday
 
0.6% illuminated
Age:0.7
28Saturday
 
3.3% illuminated
Age:1.7
29Sunday
 
7.8% illuminated
Age:2.7
Week 1
30Monday
 
13.9% illuminated
Age:3.6
31Tuesday
 
21.2% illuminated
Age:4.5
1Wednesday
 
2Thursday
 
3Friday
 
4Saturday
 
5Sunday
 
6Monday
 
7Tuesday
 
8Wednesday
 
9Thursday
 
10Friday
 
11Saturday
 
12Sunday
 
Content last updated on 2018-10-21T17:33:00Z