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A MONTH OF WAXING AND WANING LIGHT

December 2024 Moon phase calendar

Major phase dates and times are in UTC. Daily phase and illumination are for 03:00 UTC on each date, the same moment as each day’s Moon page.

Major phase times

New Moon
First Quarter
Full Moon
Last Quarter
New Moon

Which time zone does this calendar use?

Each major phase happens at the same instant worldwide. The dates and times here are in UTC, so where you are the date can be a day earlier or later. The Full Moon calendar gives full Moon names and times in US Eastern Time.

Daily phase and illumination are for 03:00 UTC, the same moment as each day’s Moon page. For moonrise and moonset where you are, see Moonrise and moonset tonight.

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Daily Moon phase

Select a date for its detailed Moon view.

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Daily Moon phase and illumination for December 2024, at 03:00 UTC each day
DateMoonPhaseIllumination
Dec 1New Moon0%
Dec 2New Moon1%
Dec 3Waxing Crescent4%
Dec 4Waxing Crescent9%
Dec 5Waxing Crescent15%
Dec 6Waxing Crescent24%
Dec 7Waxing Crescent34%
Dec 8Waxing Crescent44%
Dec 9Waxing Gibbous56%
Dec 10Waxing Gibbous67%
Dec 11Waxing Gibbous77%
Dec 12Waxing Gibbous86%
Dec 13Waxing Gibbous93%
Dec 14Waxing Gibbous98%
Dec 15Full Moon100%
Dec 16Full Moon99%
Dec 17Waning Gibbous96%
Dec 18Waning Gibbous91%
Dec 19Waning Gibbous84%
Dec 20Waning Gibbous76%
Dec 21Waning Gibbous67%
Dec 22Waning Gibbous58%
Dec 23Waning Crescent48%
Dec 24Waning Crescent39%
Dec 25Waning Crescent30%
Dec 26Waning Crescent22%
Dec 27Waning Crescent14%
Dec 28Waning Crescent8%
Dec 29Waning Crescent4%
Dec 30New Moon1%
Dec 31New Moon0%
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