Southern California, California, USA — Moonrise, Moonset, and Moon Phases, December 2025

Moonrise, Moonset, and Phase Calendar for Southern California, December 2025

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2025	Moonrise/Moonset						Meridian Passing
Dec	Moonrise		Moonset		Moonrise		Time		Distance (mi)	Illumination
1	-		2:42 am	↑ (283°)	2:00 pm	↑ (74°)	8:52 pm	(70.2°)	224,780	88.7%
2	-		3:55 am	↑ (291°)	2:36 pm	↑ (66°)	9:49 pm	(76.1°)	222,711	95.3%
3	-		5:12 am	↑ (298°)	3:20 pm	↑ (60°)	10:51 pm	(80.6°)	221,828	99.1%
4	-		6:31 am	↑ (303°)	4:14 pm	↑ (56°)	11:58 pm	(83.1°)	222,275	99.6%
5	-		7:45 am	↑ (305°)	5:18 pm	↑ (55°)	Moon does not pass the meridian on this day.
6	-		8:50 am	↑ (304°)	6:30 pm	↑ (57°)	1:05 am	(83.2°)	224,034	96.8%
7	-		9:43 am	↑ (301°)	7:44 pm	↑ (61°)	2:10 am	(81.1°)	226,900	91.2%
8	-		10:25 am	↑ (295°)	8:55 pm	↑ (67°)	3:09 am	(77.1°)	230,554	83.3%
9	-		10:59 am	↑ (289°)	10:01 pm	↑ (74°)	4:02 am	(72.0°)	234,593	73.9%
10	-		11:28 am	↑ (282°)	11:04 pm	↑ (82°)	4:50 am	(66.2°)	238,681	63.7%
11	-		11:54 am	↑ (274°)	-		5:33 am	(60.0°)	242,495	53.2%
12	12:03 am	↑ (89°)	12:18 pm	↑ (267°)	-		6:15 am	(53.9°)	245,822	42.9%
13	1:01 am	↑ (97°)	12:42 pm	↑ (260°)	-		6:55 am	(47.9°)	248,511	33.2%
14	1:58 am	↑ (104°)	1:06 pm	↑ (253°)	-		7:36 am	(42.3°)	250,502	24.4%
15	2:56 am	↑ (110°)	1:34 pm	↑ (247°)	-		8:18 am	(37.3°)	251,783	16.6%
16	3:55 am	↑ (116°)	2:05 pm	↑ (242°)	-		9:02 am	(32.9°)	252,398	10.1%
17	4:54 am	↑ (120°)	2:41 pm	↑ (238°)	-		9:49 am	(29.5°)	252,417	5.0%
18	5:52 am	↑ (124°)	3:24 pm	↑ (236°)	-		10:39 am	(27.2°)	251,926	1.7%
19	6:48 am	↑ (125°)	4:13 pm	↑ (235°)	-		11:31 am	(26.3°)	251,006	0.2%
20	7:40 am	↑ (125°)	5:08 pm	↑ (236°)	-		12:23 pm	(26.8°)	249,725	0.7%
21	8:25 am	↑ (123°)	6:08 pm	↑ (239°)	-		1:15 pm	(28.8°)	248,131	3.2%
22	9:05 am	↑ (119°)	7:11 pm	↑ (243°)	-		2:05 pm	(32.1°)	246,244	7.7%
23	9:39 am	↑ (113°)	8:13 pm	↑ (249°)	-		2:53 pm	(36.5°)	244,074	14.0%
24	10:09 am	↑ (107°)	9:16 pm	↑ (256°)	-		3:38 pm	(41.9°)	241,625	22.0%
25	10:36 am	↑ (100°)	10:18 pm	↑ (264°)	-		4:23 pm	(47.9°)	238,919	31.4%
26	11:02 am	↑ (92°)	11:22 pm	↑ (272°)	-		5:07 pm	(54.4°)	236,007	42.0%
27	11:29 am	↑ (85°)	-		-		5:53 pm	(61.1°)	232,999	53.2%
28	-		12:27 am	↑ (280°)	11:57 am	↑ (77°)	6:41 pm	(67.7°)	230,066	64.6%
29	-		1:35 am	↑ (288°)	12:30 pm	↑ (69°)	7:33 pm	(73.7°)	227,430	75.5%
30	-		2:48 am	↑ (295°)	1:08 pm	↑ (63°)	8:31 pm	(78.8°)	225,365	85.2%
31	-		4:03 am	↑ (301°)	1:56 pm	↑ (58°)	9:34 pm	(82.2°)	224,145	92.9%
* All times are local time for Southern California. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar. Illumination is calculated at lunar noon.

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