Lunar Calendar Month December 2022 (Yemen)

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 Sanaa, Yemen 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 phases	Dates	Time
full moon	2022-12-08	07:08
3rd quarter	2022-12-16	11:56
new moon	2022-12-23	13:17
1st quarter	2022-12-30	04:20

Apogee and perigee of the Moon

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

Position	Dates	Time	Distance	Notes
Apogee	2022-12-12	03:31	405,868 km
Perigee	2022-12-24	11:34	358,269 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 Objects	Date and Time
Jupiter	2022-12-02 03:52
Pleiades	2022-12-06 22:26
Mars	2022-12-08 07:21
Pollux	2022-12-11 10:06
Antares	2022-12-22 01:43
Venus	2022-12-24 14:29
Saturn	2022-12-26 19:11
Jupiter	2022-12-29 13:29

Illumination of the Moon

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

December 2022
w	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Week 48	28Monday	29Tuesday	30Wednesday	1Thursday 52.8% illuminated Age:7.6	2Friday 63.6% illuminated Age:8.7	3Saturday 73.6% illuminated Age:9.7	4Sunday 82.3% illuminated Age:10.7
Week 49	5Monday 89.5% illuminated Age:11.7	6Tuesday 94.9% illuminated Age:12.6	7Wednesday 98.4% illuminated Age:13.6	8Thursday 99.9% illuminated Age:14.5	9Friday 99.5% illuminated Age:15.4	10Saturday 97.3% illuminated Age:16.3	11Sunday 93.3% illuminated Age:17.2
Week 50	12Monday 87.9% illuminated Age:18.1	13Tuesday 81.1% illuminated Age:19	14Wednesday 73.2% illuminated Age:19.9	15Thursday 64.4% illuminated Age:20.8	16Friday 54.9% illuminated Age:21.7	17Saturday 45% illuminated Age:22.6	18Sunday 35.1% illuminated Age:23.6
Week 51	19Monday 25.4% illuminated Age:24.6	20Tuesday 16.6% illuminated Age:25.6	21Wednesday 9.1% illuminated Age:26.7	22Thursday 3.5% illuminated Age:27.8	23Friday 0.5% illuminated Age:28.9	24Saturday 0.3% illuminated Age:0.5	25Sunday 3.2% illuminated Age:1.7
Week 52	26Monday 8.8% illuminated Age:2.8	27Tuesday 16.8% illuminated Age:4	28Wednesday 26.4% illuminated Age:5.1	29Thursday 36.9% illuminated Age:6.1	30Friday 47.8% illuminated Age:7.2	31Saturday 58.5% illuminated Age:8.2	1Sunday
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