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Pietermaritzburg, South Africa — Moonrise, Moonset, and Moon Phases, December 2025

Moon: 99.6%
Waning Gibbous
Current Time: Dec 5, 2025 at 10:27:49 am
Moon Direction: 272° West
Moon Altitude: -67.8°
Moon Distance: 222,308 mi
Next New Moon: Dec 20, 2025, 3:43 am
Next Full Moon: Jan 3, 2026, 12:02 pm
Next Moonrise: Today, 7:48 pm
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Moonrise, Moonset, and Phase Calendar for Pietermaritzburg, December 2025

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2025Moonrise/MoonsetMeridian Passing
DecMoonriseMoonsetMoonriseTimeDistance (mi)Illumination
1-1:45 am (279°)2:56 pm (77°)8:41 pm(47.1°)225,90985.3%
2-2:20 am (286°)4:06 pm (70°)9:36 pm(40.8°)223,42692.9%
3-3:00 am (293°)5:20 pm (63°)10:36 pm(35.7°)222,03297.9%
4-3:48 am (299°)6:35 pm (59°)11:42 pm(32.4°)221,92899.8%
5-4:45 am (302°)7:48 pm (57°)Moon does not pass the meridian on this day.
6-5:51 am (303°)8:52 pm (58°)12:49 am(31.3°)223,16698.3%
7-7:02 am (301°)9:46 pm (61°)1:56 am(32.6°)225,61593.8%
8-8:13 am (297°)10:30 pm (66°)2:57 am(35.8°)228,99286.7%
9-9:21 am (291°)11:07 pm (73°)3:53 am(40.5°)232,91877.8%
10-10:24 am (284°)11:38 pm (79°)4:42 am(46.1°)237,02667.9%
11-11:23 am (277°)-5:27 am(52.2°)240,98357.5%
1212:07 am (86°)12:19 pm (270°)-6:09 am(58.4°)244,53347.1%
1312:34 am (93°)1:14 pm (263°)-6:50 am(64.4°)247,49437.1%
141:00 am (100°)2:08 pm (257°)-7:31 am(70.2°)249,77527.9%
151:28 am (106°)3:03 pm (251°)-8:12 am(75.6°)251,34319.6%
161:59 am (112°)3:59 pm (245°)-8:55 am(80.3°)252,22312.5%
172:33 am (116°)4:55 pm (241°)-9:41 am(84.1°)252,4766.9%
183:12 am (120°)5:52 pm (238°)-10:30 am(86.9°)252,1832.9%
193:56 am (122°)6:47 pm (237°)-11:21 am(88.4°)251,4290.6%
204:47 am (123°)7:38 pm (238°)-12:13 pm(88.5°)250,2890.3%
215:42 am (122°)8:24 pm (240°)-1:05 pm(87.1°)248,8191.9%
226:41 am (119°)9:05 pm (243°)-1:56 pm(84.3°)247,0495.6%
237:41 am (115°)9:42 pm (248°)-2:45 pm(80.2°)244,99611.2%
248:41 am (109°)10:14 pm (254°)-3:31 pm(75.2°)242,65818.5%
259:40 am (102°)10:45 pm (261°)-4:16 pm(69.3°)240,05527.4%
2610:39 am (95°)11:14 pm (269°)-5:00 pm(63.0°)237,21537.6%
2711:39 am (88°)11:44 pm (276°)-5:45 pm(56.3°)234,23248.6%
2812:41 pm (80°)--6:32 pm(49.6°)231,24160.0%
29-12:16 am (283°)1:47 pm (73°)7:23 pm(43.3°)228,45771.2%
30-12:52 am (290°)2:56 pm (66°)8:18 pm(37.9°)226,12181.5%
31-1:35 am (297°)4:09 pm (61°)9:19 pm(33.7°)224,52590.0%
* All times are local time for Pietermaritzburg. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar. Illumination is calculated at lunar noon.

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