MoonPhases

December 2025 · Saturday · 9 months ago

6 December 2025

Waning Gibbous

96% illuminated and waning, 16.2 days into the lunar cycle.

The moon on 6 December 2025: Waning Gibbous, 96% illuminated

Ephemeris for 6 December 2025 at 12:00 UTC

Phase
Waning Gibbous
Illumination
96.3%
Lunar age
16.2 days
Elongation
201.7°
Distance
360,987 km
Distance (mi)
224,307 mi
Apparent size
33.1′
Constellation
Cancer
Libration lat
6.0° S
Libration lon
4.4° 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
London16:5700:5710:0866.3°
New York18:0801:0609:1577.2°
Chicago18:0001:0309:1676.0°
Denver18:2201:1609:1978.1°
Los Angeles18:3801:1208:5483.9°
Mexico City19:5901:5208:5281.2°
São Paulo20:5601:1206:3137.5°
Berlin16:5201:0010:1965.3°

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 5 days
New Moon20 December 202501:44in 14 days
First Quarter27 December 202519:10in 21 days
Full Moon3 January 202610:03in 28 days