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Palmerston North, New Zealand — Moonrise, Moonset, and Moon Phases, December 2025

Moon: 95.5%
Waning Gibbous
Current Time: Dec 7, 2025 at 5:07:42 am
Moon Direction: 330° Northwest
Moon Altitude: 14.4°
Moon Distance: 224,733 mi
Next New Moon: Dec 20, 2025, 2:43 pm
Next Full Moon: Jan 3, 2026, 11:02 pm
Next Moonset: Today, 7:14 am
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Moonrise, Moonset, and Phase Calendar for Palmerston North, December 2025

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2025Moonrise/MoonsetMeridian Passing
DecMoonriseMoonsetMoonriseTimeDistance (mi)Illumination
1-2:45 am (276°)3:58 pm (79°)9:40 pm(39.0°)227,14581.7%
2-3:11 am (285°)5:15 pm (70°)10:32 pm(32.4°)224,31190.1%
3-3:40 am (294°)6:36 pm (62°)11:30 pm(26.7°)222,44696.3%
4-4:17 am (301°)7:59 pm (55°)Moon does not pass the meridian on this day.
5-5:04 am (306°)9:17 pm (52°)12:34 am(22.6°)221,80899.4%
6-6:03 am (309°)10:25 pm (52°)1:41 am(20.6°)222,50999.3%
7-7:14 am (307°)11:19 pm (55°)2:48 am(21.0°)224,49696.0%
8-8:30 am (303°)-3:52 am(23.5°)227,53889.8%
912:01 am (60°)9:47 am (297°)-4:50 am(27.6°)231,29481.6%
1012:33 am (67°)11:00 am (290°)-5:42 am(32.9°)235,36772.0%
1112:59 am (75°)12:08 pm (282°)-6:29 am(38.8°)239,42561.7%
121:21 am (83°)1:13 pm (273°)-7:12 am(45.0°)243,16351.2%
131:41 am (91°)2:15 pm (265°)-7:53 am(51.1°)246,37841.1%
142:01 am (98°)3:16 pm (258°)-8:33 am(57.0°)248,94031.5%
152:22 am (106°)4:18 pm (250°)-9:14 am(62.6°)250,79622.8%
162:45 am (112°)5:20 pm (244°)-9:57 am(67.5°)251,94715.2%
173:11 am (118°)6:22 pm (239°)-10:41 am(71.8°)252,4449.0%
183:42 am (123°)7:24 pm (234°)-11:29 am(75.0°)252,3624.3%
194:20 am (127°)8:22 pm (232°)-12:19 pm(77.0°)251,7841.3%
205:06 am (128°)9:16 pm (232°)-1:11 pm(77.7°)250,7910.2%
216:00 am (128°)10:02 pm (234°)-2:03 pm(76.9°)249,4491.0%
227:01 am (125°)10:40 pm (237°)-2:55 pm(74.6°)247,7983.9%
238:06 am (121°)11:12 pm (243°)-3:45 pm(71.1°)245,8588.7%
249:12 am (115°)11:39 pm (249°)-4:32 pm(66.4°)243,63415.3%
2510:19 am (107°)--5:17 pm(60.9°)241,13623.6%
26-12:04 am (257°)11:26 am (99°)6:02 pm(54.7°)238,38433.3%
27-12:26 am (265°)12:33 pm (91°)6:46 pm(48.1°)235,44744.1%
28-12:48 am (273°)1:42 pm (82°)7:32 pm(41.4°)232,43655.4%
29-1:11 am (282°)2:54 pm (73°)8:21 pm(35.0°)229,54166.7%
30-1:37 am (290°)4:10 pm (65°)9:14 pm(29.1°)226,98977.5%
31-2:09 am (298°)5:30 pm (58°)10:13 pm(24.4°)225,06386.8%
* All times are local time for Palmerston North. Time is adjusted for DST when applicable. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar. Illumination is calculated at lunar noon.

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