MoonPhases

December 2025 · Friday · 9 months ago

5 December 2025

Full Moon

99% illuminated and waning, 15.2 days into the lunar cycle.

Supermoon
The moon on 5 December 2025: Full Moon, 99% illuminated

Ephemeris for 5 December 2025 at 12:00 UTC

Phase
Full Moon
Illumination
99.4%
Lunar age
15.2 days
Elongation
187.6°
Distance
358,023 km
Distance (mi)
222,465 mi
Apparent size
33.4′
Constellation
Gemini
Libration lat
6.4° S
Libration lon
2.4° E

Moonrise and moonset

Times in each city's own time zone. A “+1” means the event falls on the following day — the lunar day is about 50 minutes longer than ours, so rise and set drift later each date.
CityMoonriseTransitMoonsetPeak altitude
London15:4400:57 +109:0066.3°
New York16:5501:06 +108:0977.2°
Chicago16:4701:03 +108:1276.0°
Denver17:0900:0808:1577.9°
Los Angeles17:2700:0407:4983.8°
Mexico City18:5000:4407:4681.4°
São Paulo19:5300:0405:2438.1°
Berlin15:4001:00 +109:1165.3°

Somewhere else? The calculator works for any latitude and longitude, including your own.

Phases around this date

PhaseDateTime (UTC)From this date
Last Quarter11 December 202520:52in 6 days
New Moon20 December 202501:44in 15 days
First Quarter27 December 202519:10in 22 days
Full Moon3 January 202610:03in 29 days