December 2020a

The information linked was taken from In-The-Sky website by Dominc Ford.

1	Pheonicid meteor shower
5	December φ-Cassiopeid meteor shower
6	Puppid-Velid meteor shower
8	Asteroid 16 Psyche at opposition Moon at Last Quarter Monocerotid meteor shower
11	σ-Hydrid meteor shower LMC is well placed
12	Conjunction of the Moon and Venus The Moon at perigee Close approach of the Moon and Venus
13	Geminid meteor shower
14	Total solar eclipse New Moon NGC 1981 is well placed
15	141P/Machholz at perihelion The Moon at perihelion Comae Berenicid meteor shower
16	Mercury at aphelion
17	Conjunction of the Moon and Jupiter Close approach of the Moon and Jupiter Conjunction of the Moon and Saturn Close approach of the Moon and Saturn
19	December Leonis Minorid meteor shower
20	Mercury at superior solar conjunction
21	December solstice Conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn Close approach of Jupiter and Saturn Moon at First Quarter
22	Asteroid 39 Laetitia at opposition Ursid meteor shower
23	141P/Machholz reaches its brightest Conjunction of the Moon and Mars
24	The Moon at apogee
28	NGC 2232 is well placed
29	The Moon at aphelion NGC 2244 is well placed
30	Full Moon

December 2021

14	Venus reaches highest point in evening sky
2	Pheonicid meteor shower
3	Conjunction of the Moon and Mars
4	Total solar eclipse New Moon
6	December φ-Cassiopeid meteor shower
7	Conjunction of the Moon and Venus Close approach of the Moon and Venus Puppid-Velid meteor shower Venus at greatest brightness
8	Conjunction of the Moon and Saturn Close approach of the Moon and Saturn
9	Monocerotid meteor shower Conjunction of the Moon and Jupiter Close approach of the Moon and Jupiter
10	Asteroid 44 Nysa at opposition
11	Moon at First Quarter
12	σ-Hydrid meteor shower LMC is well placed
13	Conjunction of Venus and Pluto
14	Geminid meteor shower
15	NGC 1981 is well placed
16	Comae Berenicid meteor shower
19	Full Moon December Leonis Minorid meteor shower
21	December solstice
22	Conjunction of Venus and Pluto Ursid meteor shower
27	Moon at Last Quarter
28	NGC 2232 is well placed
29	Conjunction of Venus and Mercury NGC 2244 is well placed
30	Conjunction of Mercury and Pluto
31	Close approach of the Moon and Mars Lunar occultation of Mars Conjunction of the Moon and Mars

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