Portal:Astronomy/Events/December 2016
| 6 December, 22:03 | Moon occults Neptune | 
| 10 December, 12:00 | Saturn at conjunction | 
| 11 December, 04:36 | Mercury at greatest eastern elongation | 
| 12 December, 23:36 | Moon at perigee | 
| 13 December, 21:00 | Geminids peak | 
| 14 December, 00:06 | Full moon | 
| 21 December, 10:44 | Earth at southern solstice | 
| 25 December, 06:03 | Moon at apogee | 
| 28 December, 04:36 | Mercury at inferior conjunction | 
| 29 December, 06:53 | New moon |