Dating the events of Jurassic World

From what I remember, this was a topic of interest back on JPLegacy, and coming up in December (big shock), as an attempt to give a date to the events seen in Jurassic World. The only clue we have is that its set in December, hence the Christmas music, despite the film having pretty much nothing to do with Christmas, except perhaps the whole family getting back together aspect.

Here's the lunar calendar for 2015, and look at the December cycle:

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And now here's a screencap from the finale of Jurassic World:

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Based on what I can see, the moon is in a "waxing" position and is showing a little more surface than a half moon. That means we could conceivably place the date of the events of Jurassic World at the 19th of December!

The day after Spielberg's birthday, might I add.

RaptorLover0823 wrote:

The day after Spielberg's birthday, might I add.

It would be awesome if they did that on purpose and that's why the moon looks like that.

Given how much JW did respectfully homage the first film, it's not too surprising that one of the potentially more subtle ones is actually one of the better homages. I like the idea that these events are happening at around the same time as Steven's birthday, if not exactly on the same day.