Flag for USA

East Coast, USA — Moonrise, Moonset, and Moon Phases, December 2025

Moon: 99.3%
Waning Gibbous
Current Time: Dec 5, 2025 at 8:17:44 am
Moon Direction: 307° Northwest
Moon Altitude: -1.3°
Moon Distance: 222,551 mi
Next New Moon: Dec 19, 2025, 8:43 pm
Next Full Moon: Jan 3, 2026, 5:02 am
Next Moonrise: Today, 5:25 pm
Location of East CoastLocation

Moonrise, Moonset, and Phase Calendar for East Coast, December 2025

Scroll right to see more
2025Moonrise/MoonsetMeridian Passing
DecMoonriseMoonsetMoonriseTimeDistance (mi)Illumination
1-2:59 am (282°)2:15 pm (74°)9:08 pm(67.2°)225,06987.8%
2-4:14 am (291°)2:49 pm (66°)10:05 pm(73.2°)222,88494.7%
3-5:33 am (298°)3:30 pm (60°)11:06 pm(77.9°)221,86198.8%
4-6:52 am (303°)4:22 pm (55°)Moon does not pass the meridian on this day.
5-8:08 am (306°)5:25 pm (54°)12:13 am(80.6°)222,16099.7%
6-9:14 am (306°)6:36 pm (55°)1:20 am(80.9°)223,78297.3%
7-10:07 am (302°)7:51 pm (60°)2:26 am(79.0°)226,54291.9%
8-10:49 am (297°)9:04 pm (66°)3:25 am(75.3°)230,12884.2%
9-11:22 am (290°)10:13 pm (73°)4:19 am(70.2°)234,14374.9%
10-11:50 am (283°)11:18 pm (81°)5:07 am(64.5°)238,24164.8%
11-12:14 pm (275°)-5:51 am(58.3°)242,09754.3%
1212:19 am (88°)12:37 pm (268°)-6:33 am(52.2°)245,48744.0%
131:19 am (96°)12:59 pm (260°)-7:13 am(46.2°)248,25034.3%
142:17 am (103°)1:23 pm (254°)-7:54 am(40.5°)250,31925.3%
153:16 am (110°)1:48 pm (247°)-8:36 am(35.4°)251,67617.4%
164:16 am (116°)2:17 pm (242°)-9:20 am(31.0°)252,36110.7%
175:17 am (121°)2:52 pm (238°)-10:06 am(27.5°)252,4425.5%
186:16 am (124°)3:33 pm (235°)-10:56 am(25.1°)252,0022.0%
197:13 am (126°)4:21 pm (234°)-11:47 am(24.0°)251,1260.3%
208:05 am (126°)5:16 pm (234°)-12:40 pm(24.4°)249,8810.6%
218:51 am (124°)6:16 pm (237°)-1:32 pm(26.2°)248,3202.8%
229:30 am (120°)7:20 pm (242°)-2:22 pm(29.3°)246,4647.1%
2310:03 am (115°)8:24 pm (248°)-3:10 pm(33.6°)244,32513.2%
2410:32 am (108°)9:28 pm (255°)-3:56 pm(38.9°)241,90621.0%
2510:58 am (101°)10:32 pm (262°)-4:40 pm(44.9°)239,22730.3%
2611:23 am (93°)11:37 pm (271°)-5:25 pm(51.3°)236,33340.8%
2711:47 am (85°)--6:10 pm(58.0°)233,32952.0%
28-12:44 am (279°)12:14 pm (77°)6:58 pm(64.6°)230,37663.4%
29-1:54 am (287°)12:44 pm (69°)7:50 pm(70.7°)227,69774.4%
30-3:08 am (295°)1:20 pm (62°)8:47 pm(75.9°)225,55484.2%
31-4:24 am (301°)2:05 pm (57°)9:49 pm(79.5°)224,23092.2%
* All times are local time for East Coast. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar. Illumination is calculated at lunar noon.

Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec