December bringing numerous celestial events for star gazers

The ongoing month of December is bringing a number of celestial events for star gazers to feat their eyes on, including the final supermoon of this year.

The supermoon will illuminate the night sky on 13th of December. Also called as Cold Moon and Oak Moon, the larger and brighter moon will appear will be seen shining in or near the stars of the constellation Taurus.

While the supermoon will appear to be at its peak fullness in evening hours of December 13, some astronomers has predicted that the final supermoon of 2016 will be at its peak fullness at exactly 7:05 P.M. EST on December 14.

According to a NASA statement, the supermoon will coincide with the Geminid meteor shower, which is expected to peak on December 13 or 14.

The Ursid meteor shower will peak in the early morning hours of December 22nd, featuring nearly a dozen meteors per hour.

The pre-dawn sky of December 22nd will also feature a crescent moon rendezvousing with the largest planet of our solar system – Jupiter. The waning crescent moon will be around 5 degrees west of Jupiter.

Near the end of the month, on December 27th, the old crescent moon will position itself 5 degrees to the northwest of Saturn in the southeastern sky just before dawn.

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