Daily phases · UK local time

December 2027 Moon calendar for the UK

Check the Moon's daily phase and illumination throughout December 2027, together with exact new Moon, quarter and full Moon event times.

How the Moon changes during December 2027

At 12:00 local time on 1 December, the Moon is a waxing crescent at 11% illumination and is waxing. By 31 December, it is a waxing crescent at 12% illumination and is waxing.

This civil month contains 4 exact principal phase events. Daily values represent the Moon at local noon; event rows below retain their precise astronomical times.

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December 2027

Daily state at 12:00 in Europe/London

Moon phase calendar for December 2027; weeks begin on Monday
Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun
		1Waxing Crescent11%Age 3.4 dSelected date	2Waxing Crescent18%Age 4.4 d	3Waxing Crescent26%Age 5.4 d	4First Quarter34%Age 6.4 d	5First Quarter43%Age 7.4 d
6First Quarter53%Age 8.4 d	7First Quarter62%Age 9.4 d	8Waxing Gibbous71%Age 10.4 d	9Waxing Gibbous80%Age 11.4 d	10Waxing Gibbous88%Age 12.4 d	11Waxing Gibbous94%Age 13.4 d	12Full Moon98%Age 14.4 d
13Full Moon100%Age 15.4 d	14Full Moon99%Age 16.4 d	15Waning Gibbous95%Age 17.4 d	16Waning Gibbous89%Age 18.4 d	17Waning Gibbous81%Age 19.4 d	18Waning Gibbous71%Age 20.4 d	19Last Quarter60%Age 21.4 d
20Last Quarter49%Age 22.4 d	21Last Quarter38%Age 23.4 d	22Waning Crescent28%Age 24.4 d	23Waning Crescent19%Age 25.4 d	24Waning Crescent11%Age 26.4 d	25Waning Crescent6%Age 27.4 d	26New Moon2%Age 28.4 d
27New Moon0%Age 29.4 d	28New Moon0%Age 0.7 d	29New Moon3%Age 1.7 d	30Waxing Crescent6%Age 2.7 d	31Waxing Crescent12%Age 3.7 d

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Day-by-day detail · London horizon

Phase, illumination, lunar age, rise and set

Phase, illumination and age are calculated at 12:00 Europe/London. Moonrise and moonset use a central London observer; a dash means no matching horizon crossing occurs during that civil date.

Daily values at 12:00 UK local time; rise and set for London
Date	Phase	Illumination	Lunar age	Moonrise	Moonset
1	Waxing Crescent	11%	3.4 days	10:50	18:42
2	Waxing Crescent	18%	4.4 days	11:16	19:53
3	Waxing Crescent	26%	5.4 days	11:36	21:04
4	First Quarter	34%	6.4 days	11:51	22:14
5	First Quarter	43%	7.4 days	12:05	23:23
6	First Quarter	53%	8.4 days	12:17	—
7	First Quarter	62%	9.4 days	12:29	00:32
8	Waxing Gibbous	71%	10.4 days	12:42	01:43
9	Waxing Gibbous	80%	11.4 days	12:58	02:56
10	Waxing Gibbous	88%	12.4 days	13:18	04:13
11	Waxing Gibbous	94%	13.4 days	13:45	05:33
12	Full Moon	98%	14.4 days	14:23	06:53
13	Full Moon	100%	15.4 days	15:16	08:07
14	Full Moon	99%	16.4 days	16:28	09:07
15	Waning Gibbous	95%	17.4 days	17:52	09:51
16	Waning Gibbous	89%	18.4 days	19:21	10:23
17	Waning Gibbous	81%	19.4 days	20:49	10:47
18	Waning Gibbous	71%	20.4 days	22:15	11:05
19	Last Quarter	60%	21.4 days	23:38	11:21
20	Last Quarter	49%	22.4 days	—	11:36
21	Last Quarter	38%	23.4 days	01:00	11:51
22	Waning Crescent	28%	24.4 days	02:21	12:09
23	Waning Crescent	19%	25.4 days	03:41	12:30
24	Waning Crescent	11%	26.4 days	05:00	12:57
25	Waning Crescent	6%	27.4 days	06:14	13:33
26	New Moon	2%	28.4 days	07:19	14:21
27	New Moon	0%	29.4 days	08:11	15:20
28	New Moon	0%	0.7 days	08:50	16:27
29	New Moon	3%	1.7 days	09:18	17:38
30	Waxing Crescent	6%	2.7 days	09:40	18:49
31	Waxing Crescent	12%	3.7 days	09:57	20:00

The month's brightest nights

Full Moon in December 2027

Cold Moon

A plain seasonal name for the cold, long nights around the beginning of northern winter.

Exact instant: 13 December 2027 at 16:09 GMT
Brown lunation: 1298

Read the Cold Moon guide

How rise and set vary across the UK

On the date of the first full Moon, longitude and latitude shift the horizon times. These representative cities all use Europe/London civil time.

Moonrise and moonset on 2027-12-13, in each location's UK local time
Location	Moonrise	Moonset
London	15:16	08:07
Cardiff	15:29	08:19
Belfast	15:17	08:55
Edinburgh	14:53	08:56
Lerwick	13:52	09:40

Traditional lunar rhythm · practical UK season

Garden windows for this month

Quiet maintenance around the shortest days. Use local soil, weather and frost conditions to decide whether each task is timely in your garden.

1–5, 28–31 12/2027

Sowing

Start small protected sowings only where dependable light and warmth are available.

6–13 12/2027

Planting

Continue bare-root planting during mild, workable spells.

14–19 12/2027

Harvesting

Gather winter brassicas, leeks and parsnips, and check stored produce.

20–27 12/2027

Pruning

Prune apples and pears in settled weather and remove storm-damaged branches safely.

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