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What’s Up: December 2024 Skywatching Tips from NASA
- December night sky is full of celestial highlights including planets, stars and meteor shower.
- Venus shines brightly as the 'Evening Star' in Southwest after sunset. Mars will be bright from late evening to early morning.
- Mercury is visible very low in the Southeast before sunrise during the second half of the month.
- Jupiter reaches opposition on December 7 making it visible all night and will shine at its brightest. Saturn is visible after sunset.
- The Geminid meteor shower peaks under challenging moonlit skies from December 13th-14th.
- Winter Triangle formed by Sirius, Procyon and Betelgeuse is a prominent feature throughout the season.
- Stars of winter host amazing sights including Orion rising in the east, with Taurus the bull above it and stars of the twins in Gemini on its left.
- Geminids are one of the best meteor showers of the year known for bright meteors, and it’s common to spot their shooting stars up to a week before the peak.
- On December 21, winter solstice marks the beginning of winter in the Northern Hemisphere and summer in the Southern Hemisphere.
- Venus and the Moon appear very close from December 3 - December 5, and on December 17, Mars getting close to the waning gibbous Moon.
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