Home Moon calendar Moon calendar for the UKDecember 2026: new Moon Wed 9 Dec at 00:52 GMT, full Moon Thu 24 Dec at 01:28 GMT. Choose a day on the grid for its phase, % lit and lunar age.
Last Quarter Tue 1 Dec · 06:09 GMT New Moon Wed 9 Dec · 00:52 GMT First Quarter Thu 17 Dec · 05:43 GMT Full Moon Thu 24 Dec · 01:28 GMT Last Quarter Wed 30 Dec · 19:00 GMT This month Choose one date Years and months Lunar calendar? Monthly view
December 2026 Daily state at 12:00 in Europe/London
Jump to the date picker
Moon phase calendar for December 2026; weeks begin on Monday Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun 1 Last Quarter 47% Age 22.2 d Last Quarter 2 Last Quarter 37% Age 23.2 d 3 Waning Crescent 27% Age 24.2 d Selected date 4 Waning Crescent 19% Age 25.2 d 5 Waning Crescent 12% Age 26.2 d 6 Waning Crescent 6% Age 27.2 d 7 New Moon 2% Age 28.2 d 8 New Moon 0% Age 29.2 d 9 New Moon 0% Age 0.5 d New Moon 10 New Moon 2% Age 1.5 d 11 Waxing Crescent 5% Age 2.5 d 12 Waxing Crescent 10% Age 3.5 d 13 Waxing Crescent 17% Age 4.5 d 14 Waxing Crescent 24% Age 5.5 d 15 First Quarter 33% Age 6.5 d 16 First Quarter 43% Age 7.5 d 17 First Quarter 53% Age 8.5 d First Quarter 18 First Quarter 63% Age 9.5 d 19 Waxing Gibbous 73% Age 10.5 d 20 Waxing Gibbous 82% Age 11.5 d 21 Waxing Gibbous 90% Age 12.5 d 22 Full Moon 96% Age 13.5 d 23 Full Moon 99% Age 14.5 d 24 Full Moon 100% Age 15.5 d Full Moon 25 Full Moon 97% Age 16.5 d 26 Waning Gibbous 91% Age 17.5 d 27 Waning Gibbous 83% Age 18.5 d 28 Waning Gibbous 74% Age 19.5 d 29 Last Quarter 64% Age 20.5 d 30 Last Quarter 53% Age 21.5 d Last Quarter 31 Last Quarter 43% Age 22.5 d
Selected day · noon preview
Thursday, 3 December 2026 ← Previous day Next day → 2026-12-03: Waning Crescent, 27.2% illuminated.
Waning Crescent 27.2% illuminated · waning
A narrowing crescent approaches the dark new-Moon alignment.
Check London moonrise and moonset for 2026-12-03 → Change the UK location on the next page.
24.2 days since new Moon · 81% through this cycle
New Moon Next new Moon
This cycle lasts 29.7 days. Cycle progress measures time, not how much of the Moon is illuminated. When to look Low in the eastern sky before sunrise and harder to see each morning.
All eight Moon phases →
Next new and full Moon
New Moon 9 December 2026 at 00:52 GMT
Full Moon 24 December 2026 at 01:28 GMT Exact instants
December 2026 events Last Quarter 1 December 2026 at 06:09 GMT Preview 2026-12-01 New Moon 9 December 2026 at 00:52 GMT Preview 2026-12-09 First Quarter 17 December 2026 at 05:43 GMT Preview 2026-12-17 Full Moon 24 December 2026 at 01:28 GMT Preview 2026-12-24 Last Quarter 30 December 2026 at 19:00 GMT Preview 2026-12-30 Select any day to update the preview here. Today, your selection and exact phase events have separate markers.
Moon phase for a date Choose a civil date to calculate its representative Moon state at 12:00 local time. Principal phase events are shown at their exact local time.
Moon calendar or lunar calendar? A Moon calendar shows the Moon's phase against ordinary dates, as this page does, and "lunar calendar" is the everyday name for the same thing. A lunar calendar in the strict sense counts months by the Moon itself, as the Islamic calendar does. A lunisolar calendar, such as the Chinese or Hebrew, adds leap months to stay in step with the seasons. The daily phase and percentage here describe the Moon at 12:00 local time; see Moon phases for waxing and waning.
