Astronomical Calendar December 2022 - All Events and Phenomena!
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Astronomical Calendar December 2022
December 5, 2022:
The conjunction of the Moon and Uranus. Visible beginning at sunset in an easterly direction. Maximum approach at 18:00 UTC. The Uranus magnitude of +5.7.
December 6, 2022:
The conjunction of the Moon and the Pleiades. Visible beginning at sunset in an easterly direction. Maximum approach at 23:00 UTC.
December 7, 2022:
The conjunction of the Moon, Mars, and the star Aldebaran. Visible beginning at sunset in a northeasterly direction. The maximum approach between the Moon and Aldebaran at 16:00 UTC; between the Moon and Mars at 05:00 UTC (day 8). Magnitudes: Aldebaran +1.0; Mars -1.9.
December 8, 2022:
Full Moon at 04:09 UTC.
December 8, 2022:
Mars will be in opposition to the Sun at 06:00 UTC. This event will be the best time in 2022 to observe the red planet—the magnitude of -1.9.
December 10, 2022:
The conjunction of the Moon and the stars Castor and Pollux. Visible beginning at sunset in a northeasterly direction. The maximum approach between the Moon and Castor is at 02:00 UTC (day 11); between the Moon and Pollux at 08:00 UTC (day 11). Magnitudes: Castor +1.6; Pollux 1.2.
December 12, 2022:
Moon reaches Apogee (farthest point from Earth) at 00:00 UTC. Distance of 405,869 kilometers; the angular size of 29.4′.
December 13, 2022:
The conjunction of the Moon and Regulus. Visible during the last minutes of the 13th and the early morning of the 14th. The magnitude of Regulus of +1.4.
December 14, 2022:
The Geminids meteor shower reaches peak activity around 13:00 UTC. It produces bright meteors of intermediate velocity. During maximum, up to 80 meteors per hour are expected. This event is the most reliable meteor shower of the year.
December 16, 2022:
Moon in Waning Quarter phase at 08:58 UTC.
December 18, 2022:
The conjunction of the Moon and the star Spica. Visible during the early morning of the 18th. Maximum approach at 18:00 UTC. The magnitude of Spica of +1.0.
December 21, 2022:
Mercury reaches its maximum east elongation at 15:00 UTC—the planet’s magnitude of -0.5.
December 21, 2022:
December Solstice at 21:48 UTC. The time when the Sun reaches the farthest point south of the celestial equator, marking the beginning of winter in the Northern Hemisphere and summer in the Southern Hemisphere.
December 23, 2022:
New Moon at 10:17 UTC.
December 24, 2022:
Moon reaches Perigee (closest point to Earth) at 08:34 UTC. Distance of 358,270 kilometers; the angular size of 33.4′.
December 24, 2022:
The conjunction of the Moon, Venus, and Mercury. Visible very close to the southwest horizon at sunset. The maximum approach between the Moon and Venus is at 16:00 UTC. Magnitudes: Venus -3.9; Mercury -0.3.
December 26, 2022:
The conjunction of the Moon and Saturn. Visible at dusk in a southwesterly direction. Maximum approach at 19:00 UTC. Saturn’s magnitude of +0.8.
December 29, 2022:
The maximum approach between Venus and Mercury. Visible at dusk in a southwesterly direction. Magnitudes: Mercury +0.4; Venus -3.9.
December 29, 2022:
The conjunction of Moon and Jupiter. Visible beginning at sunset in a southerly direction. Maximum approach at 13:00 UTC. Jupiter’s magnitude of -2.4.
December 30, 2022:
Moon in the Crescent Quarter phase at 01:21 UTC.
Astronomical Calendar December 2022
Definition of UTC (Coordinated Universal Time):
Coordinated Universal Time or UTC.. (an intermediate between the English version Coordinated Universal Time CUT and the French version Temps universe coordonné TUC).. is the primary time standard by which the world regulates clocks and time.
It is one of several closely related successors to Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). For most everyday purposes, UTC is synonymous with GMT, as GMT is no longer the defined standard for the scientific community.
Definition of Conjunction in Astronomy:
Two stars are in conjunction when observed from a third (generally the Earth) at the exact celestial longitude. As the celestial latitude may differ, the stars are very close in the sky, although they do not coincide, passing one above another. The conjunction is one of the main aspects of the planets. It also applies to any celestial object visually located next to another.
Definition of Perigee in Astronomy:
It is called perigee (from the Greek adjective περίγειος) to the point of the elliptical orbit that a natural or artificial body travels around the Earth, in which said body is closer to its center. In perigee, the orbital speed is the maximum of the entire orbit.
Definition of Apogee in Astronomy:
Apogee (from the Greek ἀπό ‘apart, away from’ and γεω- ‘terrestrial, relative to planet Earth’). It is the point in an elliptical orbit around the Earth at which a body is farthest from the center of the Earth. The opposite orbital point, the closest one, is called perigee.
Definition of Equinox:
The equinoxes (from the Latin aequinoctium (aequus nocte), “equal night”). These are the times of the year when the Sun is located in the plane of the celestial equator. On that day and for an observer on the Earth’s equator. Sun reaches its zenith (the highest point in the sky concerning the observer, just above his head, at 90 °). The declination parallel of the Sun and the celestial equator then coincide.
It occurs twice a year: between March 19 and 21 and September 21 and 24.
As its name indicates, on the dates when the equinoxes occur, the day lasts approximately equal to that of the night at the equator and in the latitudes close to it.
The equinoxes set the onset of spring and fall in each earth’s hemisphere.
What is a Meteor Shower?
A meteor shower is a celestial event in which the irradiation of various meteors is observed from one point in the night sky. These meteors are caused by streams of cosmic debris called meteoroids that enter Earth’s atmosphere at extremely high speeds in parallel paths.
Most meteors are smaller than a grain of sand, so almost all disintegrate and never reach the Earth’s surface. Very intense or unusual meteor showers are known as meteor bursts and meteor storms, which produce at least 1,000 meteors per hour, mainly from the Leonids. The Meteor Data Center lists more than 900 possible meteor showers, of which about 100 are well-established. Several organizations point to Internet viewing opportunities. NASA maintains a daily map of active meteor showers.
What are the Moon Phases?
The lunar phases (also phases of the Moon). Are the apparent changes of the satellite’s visible illuminated portion due to its position change concerning the Earth and the Sun. The complete cycle, called lunation, is 29.53 days, during which the moon passes the new moon. Its visible illuminated portion gradually increases again. Two weeks later, the full moon occurs, and around the following two weeks, it decreases again, and the satellite enters the new phase again.
Finally, a perfect alignment between the Sun, the Earth, and the Moon occurs, which results in eclipses. A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes before the solar disk. This can only happen on a new Moon, while a lunar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes through the Earth’s shadow, which can only happen on a full Moon. This transition between phases has been used to measure time, so many lunar calendars were created based on the lunar cycle (moon phase). The Moon takes eighteen days, and it happens because the Sun and the Earth align; having said that, the Moon is forming.
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