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The Shallow Sky in December


Evening Planets

  • Mars is low in the western sky in twilight, in Capricornus at magnitude 1.0. It will subtend 5".

  • Neptune is fairly high in the sky as twilight ends in Aquarius at magnitude 7.9.

  • Uranus is high in the sky after twilight ends in Pisces at magnitude 5.8.

  • Jupiter is rising fairly high in the east at midnight, in Leo, at magnitude -2.4.