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Lunar Calendar South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands 2022 › Moon South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands December 2022

Lunar Calendar Month December 2022 (South Georgia And The South Sandwich Islands)

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 Grytviken, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands during December 2022.

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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
full moon2022-12-0802:08
3rd quarter2022-12-1606:56
new moon2022-12-2308:17
1st quarter2022-12-2923:20

Apogee and perigee of the Moon

The following table shows the dates of perigee and apogee of the Moon during December 2022.

PositionDatesTimeDistanceNotes
Apogee2022-12-1122:31405,868 km
Perigee2022-12-2406:34358,269 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
Jupiter2022-12-01 22:52
Pleiades2022-12-06 17:26
Mars2022-12-08 02:21
Pollux2022-12-11 05:06
Antares2022-12-21 20:43
Venus2022-12-24 09:29
Saturn2022-12-26 14:11
Jupiter2022-12-29 08:29

Illumination of the Moon

The following table depicts the illumination of the Moon, calculated at 00:00, throughtout the 31 days of December 2022.

The information of the moon (phases of the moon, cycles of the moon) presented here applies to all the territory of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.

December 2022
wMondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFridaySaturdaySunday
Week 48
28 Monday
 
29 Tuesday
 
30 Wednesday
 
1Thursday
 
55.1% illuminated
Age: 7.9
2Friday
 
65.8% illuminated
Age: 8.9
3Saturday
 
75.5% illuminated
Age: 9.9
4Sunday
 
84% illuminated
Age: 10.9
Week 49
5Monday
 
90.8% illuminated
Age: 11.9
6Tuesday
 
95.8% illuminated
Age: 12.8
7Wednesday
 
98.9% illuminated
Age: 13.8
8Thursday
 
100% illuminated
Age: 14.7
9Friday
 
99.2% illuminated
Age: 15.6
10Saturday
 
96.6% illuminated
Age: 16.5
11Sunday
 
92.3% illuminated
Age: 17.4
Week 50
12Monday
 
86.6% illuminated
Age: 18.3
13Tuesday
 
79.5% illuminated
Age: 19.2
14Wednesday
 
71.4% illuminated
Age: 20.1
15Thursday
 
62.4% illuminated
Age: 21
16Friday
 
52.9% illuminated
Age: 21.9
17Saturday
 
42.9% illuminated
Age: 22.8
18Sunday
 
33% illuminated
Age: 23.8
Week 51
19Monday
 
23.5% illuminated
Age: 24.8
20Tuesday
 
14.9% illuminated
Age: 25.8
21Wednesday
 
7.7% illuminated
Age: 26.9
22Thursday
 
2.6% illuminated
Age: 28
23Friday
 
0.2% illuminated
Age: 29.1
24Saturday
 
0.7% illuminated
Age: 0.8
25Sunday
 
4.1% illuminated
Age: 1.9
Week 52
26Monday
 
10.3% illuminated
Age: 3.1
27Tuesday
 
18.7% illuminated
Age: 4.2
28Wednesday
 
28.5% illuminated
Age: 5.3
29Thursday
 
39.2% illuminated
Age: 6.4
30Friday
 
50.1% illuminated
Age: 7.4
31Saturday
 
60.6% illuminated
Age: 8.4
1 Sunday
 
2 Monday
 
3 Tuesday
 
4 Wednesday
 
5 Thursday
 
6 Friday
 
7 Saturday
 
8 Sunday
 
9 Monday
 
10 Tuesday
 
11 Wednesday
 
12 Thursday
 
13 Friday
 
14 Saturday
 
15 Sunday
 
Content last updated on 2018-10-21T17:33:00Z