Editing December (section)

== Astronomy ==
[[File:Hans Bol - Adriaen Collaert - Emblemata evangelica - Erfgoedfonds Koning Boudewijnstichting - Fonds du Patrimoine Fondation Roi Baudouin - 12.jpg|thumb|Month December depicted in Hans Bol's and Adriaen Collart's ''Emblematica Evangelica.'']]
December contains the [[winter solstice]] in the [[Northern Hemisphere]], the day with the fewest daylight hours, and the [[summer solstice]] in the [[Southern Hemisphere]], the day with the most daylight hours (excluding polar regions in both cases, which consistently have [[Polar night|none]] or [[Midnight sun|24 hours]], respectively, near the solstice). December in the Northern Hemisphere is the seasonal equivalent to [[June]] in the Southern Hemisphere and vice versa. In the Northern hemisphere, the beginning of the astronomical [[winter]] is traditionally 21 December or the date of the solstice.

Meteor showers occurring in December are the [[Andromedids]] (September 25 – December 6, peaking around November 9), the [[Canis-Minorids]] (December 4 – December 15, peaking around December 10–11), the [[Coma Berenicids]] (December 12 to December 23, peaking around December 16), the [[Delta Cancrids]] (December 14 to February 14, the main shower from January 1 to January 24, peaking on January 17), the [[Geminids]] (December 13–14), the [[Monocerotids]] (December 7 to December 20, peaking on December 9. This shower can also start in November), the [[Phoenicids]] (November 29 to December 9, with a peak occurring around 5/6 December), the [[Quadrantids]] (typically a January shower but can also start in December), the [[Sigma Hydrids]] (December 4–15), and the [[Ursids]] (December 17-to December 25/26, peaking around December 22).