MoonPhases

December 2026 · Thursday · in 3 months

24 December 2026

Full Moon

100% illuminated and waning, 15.5 days into the lunar cycle. This full moon is known as the Cold Moon.

Supermoon
The moon on 24 December 2026: Full Moon, 100% illuminated

Ephemeris for 24 December 2026 at 12:00 UTC

Phase
Full Moon
Illumination
99.6%
Lunar age
15.5 days
Elongation
186.3°
Distance
356,662 km
Distance (mi)
221,620 mi
Apparent size
33.5′
Constellation
Cancer
Libration lat
4.5° S
Libration lon
0.5° 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
London16:0701:02 +108:5663.2°
New York17:1400:0508:0776.2°
Chicago17:0700:0208:0874.9°
Denver17:2900:1508:1277.0°
Los Angeles17:4400:1007:4782.7°
Mexico City19:0100:5007:4882.3°
São Paulo19:5100:1005:3338.4°
Berlin16:0301:06 +109:0762.3°

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

Phases around this date

PhaseDateTime (UTC)From this date
Last Quarter30 December 202619:00in 6 days
New Moon7 January 202720:25in 14 days
First Quarter15 January 202720:35in 22 days
Full Moon22 January 202712:17in 29 days