Sky events in December - 2020
Date Event
Tue, 1 at 07h45m GMT Moon Ascending Node
at 12h00m GMT Venus: 27.5º West
Thu, 3 at 01h21m GMT Moon North Maximum Declination: 24.9º North
Sat, 5 at 01h09m GMT Moon-Beehive: 2.5º South
Tue, 8 at 00h36m GMT Moon phase - Last Quarter
Sat, 12 at 20h40m GMT Moon-Venus: 0.8º South
at 20h42m GMT Moon Perigee: 361800 km
Mon, 14 at 00h34m GMT Geminid Shower: Zenith Hourly Rate (ZHR) = 120
at 11h03m GMT Moon Descending Node
at 16h14m GMT Total Solar Eclipse
at 16h16m GMT Moon phase - New Moon
Tue, 15 at 22h22m GMT Moon South Maximum Declination: 24.9º South
Thu, 17 at 04h27m GMT Moon-Jupiter: 3º North
at 05h24m GMT Moon-Saturn: 3.1º North
Sun, 20 at 02h55m GMT Mercury Superior Conj.
Mon, 21 at 10h02m GMT Winter Solstice
at 23h41m GMT Moon phase - First Quarter
Tue, 22 at 09h00m GMT Ursid Shower: Zenith Hourly Rate (ZHR) = 10
at 09h34m GMT Jupiter-Saturn: 0.1º North
Wed, 23 at 14h47m GMT Venus-Antares: 5.6º North
Thu, 24 at 16h32m GMT Moon Apogee: 405000 km
Mon, 28 at 15h02m GMT Moon Ascending Node
Wed, 30 at 03h28m GMT Moon phase - Full Moon
at 07h53m GMT Moon North Maximum Declination: 24.9º North

Calculations and implementation: COSMOS & special courtesy of Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC