<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=iso-8859-1"><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=iso-8859-1"><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"></head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=iso-8859-1"><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=iso-8859-1"><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 18px; font-family: Arial; "><span style="font-size: 12px; font-family: Helvetica; "></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px; font-family: Arial; min-height: 14px; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px; font-family: Arial; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><b>Phases:</b></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px; font-family: Arial; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">* Last Quarter Moon occurs on the 6th.</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px; font-family: Arial; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">* New Moon occurs on the 13th.</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px; font-family: Arial; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">* First Quarter Moon occurs on the 20th.</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px; font-family: Arial; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">* Full Moon occurs on the 28th.</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px; font-family: Arial; min-height: 14px; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px; font-family: Arial; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">* The Moon is at Perigee on the 12th, 221,876 miles from Earth.</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px; font-family: Arial; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">* The Moon is at Apogee on the 25th, 252,337 miles from Earth.</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px; font-family: Arial; min-height: 14px; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px; font-family: Arial; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><b>Moon/Planet Pairs:</b></span></div>
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<li style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px; font-family: Arial; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">Jupiter passes 5° north of Aldebaran on the 7th.</span></li>
<li style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px; font-family: Arial; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">The Moon passes 0.8° south of Spica on the 9th.</span></li>
<li style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px; font-family: Arial; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">The Moon passes 4° south of Spica on the 9th.</span></li>
<li style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px; font-family: Arial; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">The Moon passes 1.6° south of Venus on the 11th.</span></li>
<li style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px; font-family: Arial; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">The Moon passes 1.1° south of Mercury on the 11th.</span></li>
<li style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px; font-family: Arial; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">The Moon passes 0.2° north of Pluto on the 14th.</span></li>
<li style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px; font-family: Arial; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">The Moon passes 6° north of Mars on the 15th.</span></li>
<li style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px; font-family: Arial; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">Mercury passes 6° north of Antares on the 17th.</span></li>
<li style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px; font-family: Arial; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">The Moon passes 6° north of Neptune on the 18th.</span></li>
<li style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px; font-family: Arial; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">The Moon passes 5° north of Uranus on the 20th.</span></li>
<li style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px; font-family: Arial; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">Venus passes 6° north of Antares on the 23rd.</span></li>
<li style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px; font-family: Arial; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">The Moon passes 0.4° south of Jupiter on the 25th.</span></li>
</ul><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px; font-family: Arial; min-height: 14px; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px; font-family: Arial; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><i>For reference: The Full Moon subtends an angle of 0.5°.</i></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px; font-family: Arial; min-height: 14px; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><b></b></span><br></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px; font-family: Arial; min-height: 14px; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><b></b></span><br></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 18px; font-family: Arial; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><b>The Planets & Dwarf Planets</b></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px; font-family: Arial; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">Planetary Reports are generated by "TheSky" software. (<a href="http://www.ki0ar.com/planrpts.html"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; color: rgb(4, 51, 255); ">http://www.ki0ar.com/planrpts.html</span></a>) These reports provide predicted data for the planets on the first of each month for the current year. The rise and set times for the Sun and the Moon for each day of the month are also included in the reports. These reports have been optimized for the Denver, Colorado location, however, the times will be approximate for other locations on Earth.</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px; font-family: Arial; min-height: 14px; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px; font-family: Arial; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><i>(All times are local unless otherwise noted.)</i></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px; font-family: Arial; min-height: 14px; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px; font-family: Arial; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">* <b>Planetary Highlights for December<br>
</b> - Jupiter dominates the evening sky all month and is at its best for the year. Mars can be spotted very soon after the Sun sets, however, observers will need an unobstructed horizon to the west. Uranus and Neptune are also visible through small telescopes in the early evening. Venus shines prominently in the morning sky along with Mercury and Saturn. The Geminids meteor shower peaks mid-month the the Ursids meteor shower peaks just before Christmas. </span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px; font-family: Arial; min-height: 14px; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px; font-family: Arial; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">* <b>Mercury<br>
</b> - Is at greatest western elongation (21° above the eastern horizon) on the 4th. Look for Mercury low in the east before sunrise. Mercury rises about 5:19 a.m. on the 1st and about 6:45 a.m. by month's end. Mercury moves from the constellation of Libra into Sagittarius shining at magnitude -0.3.</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px; "></div></body></html>