MoonPhases

December 2025 · Tuesday · 9 months ago

9 December 2025

Waning Gibbous

74% illuminated and waning, 19.2 days into the lunar cycle.

The moon on 9 December 2025: Waning Gibbous, 74% illuminated

Ephemeris for 9 December 2025 at 12:00 UTC

Phase
Waning Gibbous
Illumination
73.9%
Lunar age
19.2 days
Elongation
241.6°
Distance
377,525 km
Distance (mi)
234,583 mi
Apparent size
31.6′
Constellation
Leo
Libration lat
2.6° S
Libration lon
7.8° 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
London21:1703:5911:4556.7°
New York21:5304:0511:1666.5°
Chicago21:4804:0111:1465.1°
Denver22:0404:1311:2067.1°
Los Angeles22:0804:0811:0472.6°
Mexico City23:0704:4911:2487.8°
São Paulo23:1404:1209:5247.8°
Berlin21:1604:0311:5355.9°

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 2 days
New Moon20 December 202501:44in 11 days
First Quarter27 December 202519:10in 18 days
Full Moon3 January 202610:03in 25 days