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Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany — Moonrise, Moonset, and Moon Phases, December 2025

Moon: 94.8%
Waning Gibbous
Current Time: Dec 6, 2025 at 8:29:27 pm
Moon Direction: 74° East
Moon Altitude: 21.9°
Moon Distance: 225,097 mi
Next New Moon: Dec 20, 2025, 2:43 am
Next Full Moon: Jan 3, 2026, 11:02 am
Next Moonset: Tomorrow, 11:24 am
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Moonrise, Moonset, and Phase Calendar for Essen, December 2025

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2025Moonrise/MoonsetMeridian Passing
DecMoonriseMoonsetMoonriseTimeDistance (mi)Illumination
1-3:22 am (283°)2:07 pm (72°)9:18 pm(51.0°)225,72185.9%
2-4:52 am (294°)2:24 pm (62°)10:13 pm(57.2°)223,30093.3%
3-6:26 am (305°)2:48 pm (52°)11:14 pm(62.2°)221,98598.2%
4-8:02 am (313°)3:23 pm (45°)Moon does not pass the meridian on this day.
5-9:29 am (318°)4:15 pm (41°)12:19 am(65.5°)221,96899.8%
6-10:37 am (319°)5:27 pm (42°)1:27 am(66.4°)223,29198.1%
7-11:24 am (314°)6:53 pm (48°)2:33 am(65.0°)225,80993.4%
8-11:55 am (307°)8:21 pm (56°)3:34 am(61.6°)229,23586.2%
9-12:15 pm (298°)9:46 pm (66°)4:29 am(56.8°)233,18277.2%
10-12:31 pm (289°)11:06 pm (76°)5:19 am(51.2°)237,29167.2%
11-12:43 pm (279°)-6:04 am(45.2°)241,22856.8%
1212:22 am (86°)12:53 pm (269°)-6:46 am(39.0°)244,74546.4%
131:34 am (96°)1:04 pm (260°)-7:26 am(33.0°)247,66436.5%
142:46 am (105°)1:15 pm (251°)-8:07 am(27.3°)249,89927.3%
153:58 am (114°)1:28 pm (243°)-8:48 am(22.0°)251,42019.1%
165:10 am (123°)1:44 pm (235°)-9:32 am(17.5°)252,25712.1%
176:23 am (130°)2:05 pm (228°)-10:18 am(13.7°)252,4736.6%
187:34 am (136°)2:34 pm (223°)-11:07 am(11.1°)252,1472.7%
198:39 am (139°)3:15 pm (221°)-11:58 am(9.7°)251,3660.5%
209:33 am (139°)4:09 pm (221°)-12:50 pm(9.7°)250,2030.3%
2110:14 am (137°)5:16 pm (225°)-1:42 pm(11.2°)248,7132.1%
2210:44 am (131°)6:30 pm (231°)-2:33 pm(14.0°)246,9245.9%
2311:06 am (124°)7:47 pm (239°)-3:21 pm(18.0°)244,85211.6%
2411:22 am (116°)9:06 pm (248°)-4:08 pm(23.1°)242,49719.0%
2511:36 am (107°)10:24 pm (258°)-4:53 pm(28.9°)239,87728.0%
2611:48 am (97°)11:42 pm (268°)-5:37 pm(35.2°)237,02438.2%
2711:59 am (86°)--6:22 pm(41.8°)234,03649.3%
28-1:02 am (279°)12:12 pm (76°)7:09 pm(48.5°)231,05260.7%
29-2:26 am (290°)12:27 pm (66°)8:00 pm(54.7°)228,28971.9%
30-3:55 am (300°)12:46 pm (56°)8:55 pm(60.1°)225,99182.1%
31-5:28 am (310°)1:14 pm (48°)9:57 pm(64.2°)224,45490.5%
* All times are local time for Essen. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar. Illumination is calculated at lunar noon.

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