Lunar Calendar Month December 2020 (Israel)

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 Jerusalem, Israel during December 2020.

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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
3rd quarter	2020-12-08	02:36
new moon	2020-12-14	18:16
1st quarter	2020-12-22	01:41
full moon	2020-12-30	05:28

Apogee and perigee of the Moon

The following table shows the dates of perigee and apogee of the Moon during December 2020.

Position	Dates	Time	Distance	Notes
Perigee	2020-12-12	22:43	361,776 km
Apogee	2020-12-24	18:33	405,009 km

Eclipses in December 2020

The following is information about eclipses occuring worldwide during December 2020. The eclipses listed here may be totally visible, partly visible or not visible in any part of Israel.

Type	Dates	Saros	Notes
solar eclipse	2020-12-14	142

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	2020-12-05 03:10
Venus	2020-12-12 22:40
Jupiter	2020-12-17 06:28
Saturn	2020-12-17 07:25

Illumination of the Moon

The following table depicts the illumination of the Moon, calculated at 00:00, throughtout the 31 days of December 2020.

December 2020
w	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Week 49	30Monday	1Tuesday 99.8% illuminated Age:15.2	2Wednesday 97.8% illuminated Age:16.2	3Thursday 94% illuminated Age:17.1	4Friday 88.3% illuminated Age:18	5Saturday 80.9% illuminated Age:19	6Sunday 72.1% illuminated Age:20
Week 50	7Monday 62% illuminated Age:21	8Tuesday 51.2% illuminated Age:22	9Wednesday 40% illuminated Age:23.1	10Thursday 29.1% illuminated Age:24.2	11Friday 19.1% illuminated Age:25.3	12Saturday 10.7% illuminated Age:26.4	13Sunday 4.4% illuminated Age:27.5
Week 51	14Monday 0.8% illuminated Age:28.7	15Tuesday 0.1% illuminated Age:0.3	16Wednesday 2.1% illuminated Age:1.4	17Thursday 6.6% illuminated Age:2.4	18Friday 13.2% illuminated Age:3.5	19Saturday 21.1% illuminated Age:4.5	20Sunday 30.1% illuminated Age:5.5
Week 52	21Monday 39.6% illuminated Age:6.4	22Tuesday 49.2% illuminated Age:7.3	23Wednesday 58.7% illuminated Age:8.2	24Thursday 67.8% illuminated Age:9.1	25Friday 76.2% illuminated Age:10	26Saturday 83.8% illuminated Age:10.9	27Sunday 90.2% illuminated Age:11.8
Week 53	28Monday 95.1% illuminated Age:12.7	29Tuesday 98.5% illuminated Age:13.6	30Wednesday 99.9% illuminated Age:14.5	31Thursday 99.4% illuminated Age:15.5	1Friday	2Saturday	3Sunday
	4Monday	5Tuesday	6Wednesday	7Thursday	8Friday	9Saturday	10Sunday
	11Monday	12Tuesday	13Wednesday	14Thursday	15Friday	16Saturday	17Sunday