MoonPhases

December 2025 · Thursday · 9 months ago

18 December 2025

Waning Crescent

2% illuminated and waning, 28.2 days into the lunar cycle.

The moon on 18 December 2025: Waning Crescent, 2% illuminated

Ephemeris for 18 December 2025 at 12:00 UTC

Phase
Waning Crescent
Illumination
2.4%
Lunar age
28.2 days
Elongation
342.8°
Distance
405,711 km
Distance (mi)
252,097 mi
Apparent size
29.4′
Constellation
Sagittarius
Libration lat
6.6° N
Libration lon
0.5° W

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
London07:0410:3614:0311.0°
New York06:1610:4215:0421.4°
Chicago06:1810:3814:5620.2°
Denver06:2210:5015:1622.2°
Los Angeles05:5610:4515:3227.9°
Mexico City05:5611:2616:5442.7°
São Paulo03:4510:4917:5586.5°
Berlin07:1510:4014:0010.1°

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

Phases around this date

PhaseDateTime (UTC)From this date
New Moon20 December 202501:44in 2 days
First Quarter27 December 202519:10in 9 days
Full Moon3 January 202610:03in 16 days
Last Quarter10 January 202615:49in 23 days