Lunar Calendar Month December 2019 (Bhutan)

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 Thimphu, Bhutan 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 phases	Dates	Time
1st quarter	2019-12-04	12:58
full moon	2019-12-12	11:12
3rd quarter	2019-12-19	10:57
new moon	2019-12-26	11:13

Apogee and perigee of the Moon

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

Position	Dates	Time	Distance	Notes
Apogee	2019-12-05	10:10	404,445 km
Perigee	2019-12-19	02:31	370,258 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 Bhutan.

Type	Dates	Saros	Notes
solar eclipse	2019-12-26	132

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 Objects	Date and Time
Beehive	2019-12-15 21:54
Mars	2019-12-23 07:49
Venus	2019-12-29 07:32

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
w	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Week 48	25Monday	26Tuesday	27Wednesday	28Thursday	29Friday	30Saturday	1Sunday 18.3% illuminated Age:4.2
Week 49	2Monday 26.6% illuminated Age:5.1	3Tuesday 35.6% illuminated Age:6	4Wednesday 44.9% illuminated Age:6.9	5Thursday 54.4% illuminated Age:7.8	6Friday 63.6% illuminated Age:8.7	7Saturday 72.4% illuminated Age:9.6	8Sunday 80.5% illuminated Age:10.5
Week 50	9Monday 87.6% illuminated Age:11.4	10Tuesday 93.4% illuminated Age:12.3	11Wednesday 97.6% illuminated Age:13.3	12Thursday 99.7% illuminated Age:14.3	13Friday 99.7% illuminated Age:15.3	14Saturday 97.3% illuminated Age:16.3	15Sunday 92.5% illuminated Age:17.4
Week 51	16Monday 85.5% illuminated Age:18.4	17Tuesday 76.7% illuminated Age:19.5	18Wednesday 66.4% illuminated Age:20.6	19Thursday 55.2% illuminated Age:21.7	20Friday 43.8% illuminated Age:22.7	21Saturday 32.8% illuminated Age:23.8	22Sunday 22.6% illuminated Age:24.9
Week 52	23Monday 13.9% illuminated Age:25.9	24Tuesday 7.1% illuminated Age:27	25Wednesday 2.5% illuminated Age:28	26Thursday 0.2% illuminated Age:29.1	27Friday 0.3% illuminated Age:0.5	28Saturday 2.6% illuminated Age:1.5	29Sunday 6.7% illuminated Age:2.5
Week 1	30Monday 12.5% illuminated Age:3.4	31Tuesday 19.6% illuminated Age:4.3	1Wednesday	2Thursday	3Friday	4Saturday	5Sunday
	6Monday	7Tuesday	8Wednesday	9Thursday	10Friday	11Saturday	12Sunday