Waxing · 26.5% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 05°
Moon age
5.4days
Moon phase on December 25, 2025Waxing Crescent
On Thursday, December 25, 2025, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 26.5% of its visible face lit, 5.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.
26.5%Illumination at noon UTC
5.4 dMoon age
386,722 km240,298 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (6°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to December 25, 2025 is on Saturday, January 3, 2026 at 10:03 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 01:44 UTC, 5 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| New Moon (before) | Saturday, December 20, 2025 | 01:44 |
| First Quarter (after) | Saturday, December 27, 2025 | 19:10 |
The Moon around December 25
More about this date
Thursday, December 25, 2025 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 20, 2025 to the new moon of January 18, 2026, a cycle of 29.76 days.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in December 2025, or the whole moon calendar 2025.
- The same date one year apart: 2024 · 2026.
- Born on this day? The moon phase on your birthday tool adds your birth time and your moon sign.
- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.