December 2025 · Thursday · 9 months ago
18 December 2025
Waning Crescent
2% illuminated and waning, 28.2 days into the lunar cycle.
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
| City | Moonrise | Transit | Moonset | Peak altitude |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| London | 07:04 | 10:36 | 14:03 | 11.0° |
| New York | 06:16 | 10:42 | 15:04 | 21.4° |
| Chicago | 06:18 | 10:38 | 14:56 | 20.2° |
| Denver | 06:22 | 10:50 | 15:16 | 22.2° |
| Los Angeles | 05:56 | 10:45 | 15:32 | 27.9° |
| Mexico City | 05:56 | 11:26 | 16:54 | 42.7° |
| São Paulo | 03:45 | 10:49 | 17:55 | 86.5° |
| Berlin | 07:15 | 10:40 | 14:00 | 10.1° |
Somewhere else? The calculator works for any latitude and longitude, including your own.
Phases around this date
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) | From this date |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Moon | 20 December 2025 | 01:44 | in 2 days |
| First Quarter | 27 December 2025 | 19:10 | in 9 days |
| Full Moon | 3 January 2026 | 10:03 | in 16 days |
| Last Quarter | 10 January 2026 | 15:49 | in 23 days |