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Moon phases December 2026

Last quarter
Tue 01 Dec
06:09 UTC
New moon
Wed 09 Dec
00:52 UTC
First quarter
Thu 17 Dec
05:43 UTC
Full · Cold
Thu 24 Dec
01:28 UTC
Last quarter
Wed 30 Dec
19:00 UTC

In December 2026 the primary moon phases are the Last Quarter on Tuesday, December 1 at 06:09 UTC, the New Moon on Wednesday, December 9 at 00:52 UTC, the First Quarter on Thursday, December 17 at 05:43 UTC, the Full Moon on Thursday, December 24 at 01:28 UTC and the Last Quarter on Wednesday, December 30 at 19:00 UTC. The full moon is the Cold Moon.

01Last Q Last Quarter, 47% lit 47%06:09 02 Waning Crescent, 37% lit 37% 03 Waning Crescent, 27% lit 27% 04 Waning Crescent, 19% lit 19% 05 Waning Crescent, 12% lit 12% 06 Waning Crescent, 6% lit 6% 07 Waning Crescent, 2% lit 2% 08 Waning Crescent, 0% lit 0% 09New New Moon, 0% lit 0%00:52 10 Waxing Crescent, 2% lit 2% 11 Waxing Crescent, 5% lit 5% 12 Waxing Crescent, 10% lit 10% 13 Waxing Crescent, 17% lit 17% 14 Waxing Crescent, 24% lit 24% 15 Waxing Crescent, 33% lit 33% 16 Waxing Crescent, 43% lit 43% 17First Q First Quarter, 53% lit 53%05:43 18 Waxing Gibbous, 63% lit 63% 19 Waxing Gibbous, 73% lit 73% 20 Waxing Gibbous, 82% lit 82% 21 Waxing Gibbous, 90% lit 90% 22 Waxing Gibbous, 96% lit 96% 23 Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit 99% 24Full Full Moon, 100% lit 100%01:28 25 Waning Gibbous, 97% lit 97% 26 Waning Gibbous, 91% lit 91% 27 Waning Gibbous, 83% lit 83% 28 Waning Gibbous, 74% lit 74% 29 Waning Gibbous, 64% lit 64% 30Last Q Last Quarter, 53% lit 53%19:00 31 Waning Crescent, 43% lit 43%

Exact phase times

December 2026 has five primary moon phases: the Last Quarter on December 1, the New Moon on December 9, the First Quarter on December 17, the Full Moon on December 24 and the Last Quarter on December 30.

PhaseDateUTCYour time
Last QuarterTuesday, December 1, 202606:09
New MoonWednesday, December 9, 202600:52
First QuarterThursday, December 17, 202605:43
Full MoonThursday, December 24, 202601:28
Last QuarterWednesday, December 30, 202619:00

Thursday, December 24, 2026: Cold Moon, 356,729 km from Earth. Closest supermoon of the year

Full moons · 2026

Thirteen full moons, one blue

03 Jan Wolf Supermoon 01 Feb Snow 03 Mar Worm total eclipse 02 Apr Pink 01 May Flower Micromoon 31 May Blue Blue moon 29 Jun Straw­berry Micromoon 29 Jul Buck 28 Aug Sturgeon partial eclipse 26 Sept Harvest 26 Oct Hunter’s 24 Dec Cold Supermoon