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A MONTH OF WAXING AND WANING LIGHT

December 2026 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

Last Quarter
New Moon
First Quarter
Full Moon
Last Quarter

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 2026 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

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Daily Moon phase and illumination for December 2026, at 03:00 UTC each day
DateMoonPhaseIllumination
Dec 1Waning Gibbous52%
Dec 2Waning Crescent41%
Dec 3Waning Crescent31%
Dec 4Waning Crescent22%
Dec 5Waning Crescent14%
Dec 6Waning Crescent8%
Dec 7Waning Crescent4%
Dec 8Waning Crescent1%
Dec 9New Moon0%
Dec 10Waxing Crescent1%
Dec 11Waxing Crescent4%
Dec 12Waxing Crescent8%
Dec 13Waxing Crescent14%
Dec 14Waxing Crescent21%
Dec 15Waxing Crescent30%
Dec 16Waxing Crescent39%
Dec 17Waxing Crescent49%
Dec 18Waxing Gibbous59%
Dec 19Waxing Gibbous69%
Dec 20Waxing Gibbous79%
Dec 21Waxing Gibbous88%
Dec 22Waxing Gibbous94%
Dec 23Waxing Gibbous98%
Dec 24Full Moon100%
Dec 25Waning Gibbous98%
Dec 26Waning Gibbous94%
Dec 27Waning Gibbous87%
Dec 28Waning Gibbous78%
Dec 29Waning Gibbous68%
Dec 30Waning Gibbous57%
Dec 31Waning Crescent47%
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