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Santa Cruz, California, USA — Moonrise, Moonset, and Moon Phases, December 2024

Moon: 6.4%
Waning Crescent
Current Time: May 5, 2024 at 4:57:54 pm
Moon Direction: 273° West
Moon Altitude: 5.9°
Moon Distance: 225,663 mi
Next New Moon: May 7, 2024, 8:21 pm
Next Full Moon: May 23, 2024, 6:53 am
Next Moonset: Today, 5:33 pm
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Moonrise, Moonset, and Phase Calendar for Santa Cruz, December 2024

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2024Moonrise/MoonsetMeridian Passing
DecMoonriseMoonsetMoonriseTimeDistance (mi)Illumination
17:46 am (125°)4:59 pm (234°)-12:24 pm(24.7°)245,0990.5%
28:46 am (127°)5:53 pm (233°)-1:19 pm(23.8°)243,0092.9%
39:40 am (126°)6:54 pm (235°)-2:16 pm(24.5°)240,8757.5%
410:27 am (123°)8:01 pm (238°)-3:11 pm(27.0°)238,73014.1%
511:07 am (118°)9:10 pm (244°)-4:05 pm(30.9°)236,59322.6%
611:40 am (112°)10:19 pm (251°)-4:56 pm(36.1°)234,48232.7%
712:10 pm (105°)11:29 pm (259°)-5:44 pm(42.2°)232,43743.7%
812:36 pm (96°)--6:32 pm(49.0°)230,53655.3%
9-12:38 am (268°)1:02 pm (88°)7:19 pm(56.1°)228,89966.8%
10-1:47 am (277°)1:29 pm (79°)8:08 pm(63.1°)227,68577.5%
11-2:59 am (285°)1:59 pm (71°)9:00 pm(69.5°)227,06986.7%
12-4:14 am (293°)2:34 pm (64°)9:56 pm(75.0°)227,20893.8%
13-5:30 am (300°)3:16 pm (58°)10:57 pm(79.0°)228,20498.3%
14-6:45 am (305°)4:07 pm (54°)11:59 pm(81.1°)230,06399.8%
15-7:54 am (306°)5:07 pm (54°)Moon does not pass the meridian on this day.
16-8:54 am (306°)6:14 pm (55°)1:02 am(81.1°)232,67798.5%
17-9:42 am (302°)7:23 pm (60°)2:02 am(79.1°)235,83694.7%
18-10:20 am (297°)8:30 pm (65°)2:56 am(75.6°)239,26288.7%
19-10:51 am (291°)9:35 pm (72°)3:46 am(70.9°)242,65981.1%
20-11:17 am (284°)10:36 pm (79°)4:31 am(65.6°)245,74872.5%
21-11:40 am (277°)11:34 pm (86°)5:13 am(59.8°)248,29463.1%
22-12:01 pm (270°)-5:52 am(53.9°)250,12553.5%
2312:31 am (94°)12:23 pm (263°)-6:31 am(48.1°)251,13643.8%
241:28 am (101°)12:45 pm (256°)-7:11 am(42.4°)251,29434.4%
252:27 am (108°)1:09 pm (249°)-7:52 am(37.0°)250,63325.5%
263:27 am (114°)1:37 pm (243°)-8:36 am(32.3°)249,24817.5%
274:29 am (120°)2:11 pm (238°)-9:23 am(28.3°)247,28610.6%
285:33 am (124°)2:53 pm (235°)-10:15 am(25.4°)244,9305.2%
296:35 am (126°)3:43 pm (233°)-11:10 am(23.9°)242,3801.6%
307:33 am (126°)4:43 pm (234°)-12:07 pm(24.1°)239,8340.2%
318:23 am (124°)5:49 pm (237°)-1:04 pm(26.0°)237,4601.2%
* All times are local time for Santa Cruz. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar. Illumination is calculated at lunar noon.

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