Below is the list of prominent astronomical events in Dec-2022
Note: All the timings are in IST
- Thursday, December 1, 2022
- at 7:45:00 AM Mars nearest to Earth
- at 6:52:00 PM Neptune 3°.17 N. of Moon
- Friday, December 2, 2022
- at 6:27:00 AM Jupiter 2°.51 N. of Moon
- Sunday, December 4, 2022
- at 3:37:00 PM Neptune stationary in R.A
- Monday, December 5, 2022
- at 6:08:00 PM Moon in ascending node
- at 11:29:00 PM Uranus 0°.65 S of Moon Occultation
- Tuesday, December 6, 2022
- at 5:29:00 PM Pluto at aphelion
- at 5:30:00 PM Pluto greatest helio. lat S.
- Thursday, December 8, 2022
- at 9:38:00 AM Full Moon
- at 9:55:00 AM Mars 0°.54 S of Moon Occultation
- at 11:12:00 AM Mars in opposition with Sun
- Saturday, December 10, 2022
- at 7:59:00 AM Mercury greatest helio. lat S.
- Monday, December 12, 2022
- at 5:59:00 AM Moon at apogee
- at 4:22:00 PM Moon greatest latitude N 5°. 09′
- Wednesday, December 14, 2022
- at 10:41:00 PM Neptune in square with Sun
- Friday, December 16, 2022
- at 2:26:00 PM Last Quarter
- Tuesday, December 20, 2022
- at 7:04:00 AM Moon in descending node
- Wednesday, December 21, 2022
- at 9:01:00 PM Mercury greatest elong. E. (20°. 1′)
- Thursday, December 22, 2022 at 3:18:00 AM Winter Solstice
- at 6:21:00 AM Jupiter in square with Sun
- at 9:54:00 AM Mars 8°.24 N of Aldebaran
- Friday, December 23, 2022
- at 3:47:00 PM New Moon
- Saturday, December 24, 2022
- at 1:58:00 PM Moon at perigee
- at 4:58:00 PM Venus 3°.47 N of Moon
- at 11:59:00 PM Mercury 3°.76 N of Moon
- Sunday, December 25, 2022
- at 6:45:00 PM Moon greatest latitude S 5°. 04′
- Monday, December 26, 2022
- at 8:38:00 AM Venus at aphelion
- at 9:41:00 PM Saturn 4°.02 N of Moon
- Thursday, December 29, 2022
- at 1:33:00 AM Neptune 2°.98 N of Moon
- at 8:12:00 AM Mercury stationary in R.A
- at 9:41:00 AM Mercury in ascending node
- at 2:30:00 PM Mercury 1°.4 N of Venus
- at 4:04:00 PM Saturn 2°.30 N of Moon
- Friday, December 30, 2022
- at 6:50:00 AM First Quarter
compilation by Rohan Yadav