December


Today’s dates — the Roman Way: Decembris, A.U.C. 2755, A.D. 2002

The dates displayed on this site are essentially based on the format shown by Roman calendars (Julian or Old Style) and are adapted to the Gregorian (New Style) calendars in use by most of the world today in an effort to show the transitions from those historical calendar styles that express the continuity of past and present dates; such as, (Norse-Latin) day-name information and (Roman) month names.

This month of December, or Decembris mensis, (twelfth month) shows the Latin names of the months and the Anglo-Saxon (Norse mythological) names for the days of the week, and the Roman-Gregorian numbers for the years.

The phases of the moon shown in this calendar are based on Universal Time (UT), or Greenwich Mean Time (GMT), which refers to the mean solar time at the Greenwich meridian adopted as the standard time in a zone that includes the British Isles. The Greenwich meridian is the prime meridian that passes through the former Royal Observatory at Greenwich. It was adopted internationally as the zero of longitude in 1884.

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Decembris mensis
Decembris
December

  Arabic     Roman     Roman     Anglo-Saxon     English  
  Day     Day     Week     Week     Week  
Numbers Names Days Days Days
         
1 Calends   dies solis   sunnandaeg     Sunday  
    waning   crescent   moon
2   IV ad Nones   dies lunae     monandaeg     Monday  
3   III ad Nones     dies Martis     Tiwesdaeg     Tuesday  
4   Pridie Nones     dies Mercurii     Wodensdaeg     Wednesday  
     new   moon  
5   Nones     dies Jovis     Thursdaeg     Thursday  
6   VIII ad Ides     dies Veneris     Frigedaeg     Friday  
7   VII ad Ides     dies Saturni     Saturnsdaeg     Saturday  
    waxing   crescent   moon
8   VI ad Ides     dies solis     sunnandaeg     Sunday  
9   V ad Ides     dies lunae     monandaeg     Monday  
10   IV ad Ides     dies Martis     Tiwesdaeg     Tuesday  
11   III ad Ides     dies Mercurii     Wodensdaeg     Wednesday  
    first   quarter   moon
12   Pridie Ides     dies Jovis     Thursdaeg     Thursday  
13   Ides     dies Veneris     Frigedaeg     Friday  
14   XIX ad Jan. Cal.     dies Saturni     Saterndaeg     Saturday  
15   XVIII ad Jan. Cal.     dies solis     sunnandaeg     Sunday  
    waxing   gibbous   moon
16   XVII ad Jan. Cal.     dies lunae     monandaeg     Monday  
17   XVI ad Jan. Cal.     dies Martis     Tiwesdaeg     Tuesday  
18   XV ad Jan. Cal.     dies Mercurii     Wodensdaeg     Wednesday  
19   XIV ad Jan. Cal.     dies Jovis     Thursdaeg     Thursday  
    full   moon   
20   XIII ad Jan. Cal.     dies Veneris     Frigedaeg     Friday  
21   XII ad Jan. Cal.     dies Saturni     Saterndaeg     Saturday  
22   XI ad Jan. Cal.     dies solis     sunnandaeg     Sunday  
23   X ad Jan. Cal.     dies lunae     monandaeg     Monday  
    waning   gibbous   moon
24   IX ad Jan. Cal.     dies Martis     Tiwesdaeg     Tuesday  
25   VIII ad Jan. Cal.     dies Mercurii     Wodensdaeg     Wednesday  
26   VII ad Jan. Cal.     dies Jovis     Thursdaeg     Thursday  
27   VI ad Jan. Cal.     dies Veneris     Frigedaeg     Friday  
    last   quarter   moon
28   V ad Jan. Cal.     dies Saturni     Saterndaeg     Saturday  
29   IV ad Jan. Cal.     dies solis     sunnandaeg     Sunday  
30   III ad Jan. Cal.     dies lunae     monandaeg     Monday  
31   Pridie Jan. Cal.     dies Martis     Tiwesdaeg     Tuesday  
    waning   crescent   moon


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