December 2008

All Moon Phase and Sun Rise/Set Times are in Eastern Standard Time,
derived from the US Naval Observatory Astronomical Applications Department

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1
Sun Rise 7:07
Sun Set 4:38
Jupiter 1.3° from moon
Venus 0.8° from moon		 2 3
Neptune 1.4° from moon		 4 5
1st Qtr. 4:26pm		 6
7 8 9 10 11
 Club Holiday Party 7:30pm - Meeting at the Reading Museum

 

 12
Full 11:37am

Geminids Meteor Shower - 9:00pm - til sunrise

 13
Geminids Meteor Shower - Best Observing is 2:00am
14 15
Sun Rise 7:19
Sun Set 4:38		 16 17 18 19
Last Qtr.
5:29am		 20
21
Winter Solstice 7:04am
 Hanukkah Begins at Dusk
Ursid Meteor Shower		 22
Ursid Meteor Shower		 23 24 25
Merry Christmas
 		26 27
New 7:22am
28
Mercury 0.7° from moon		 29
Jupiter 0.6° from moon		 30 31
Sun Rise 7:26
Sun Set 4:47
Neptune 1.7° from moon