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Raleigh, North Carolina, USA — Moonrise, Moonset, and Moon Phases, December 2025

Moon: 96.6%
Waning Gibbous
Current Time: Dec 6, 2025 at 5:41:41 am
Moon Direction: 280° West
Moon Altitude: 37.6°
Moon Distance: 224,184 mi
Next New Moon: Dec 19, 2025, 8:43 pm
Next Full Moon: Jan 3, 2026, 5:02 am
Next Moonset: Today, 9:15 am
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Moonrise, Moonset, and Phase Calendar for Raleigh, December 2025

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2025Moonrise/MoonsetMeridian Passing
DecMoonriseMoonsetMoonriseTimeDistance (mi)Illumination
1-3:03 am (282°)2:22 pm (74°)9:13 pm(68.4°)225,06087.9%
2-4:17 am (290°)2:57 pm (67°)10:10 pm(74.5°)222,87894.7%
3-5:34 am (297°)3:39 pm (60°)11:12 pm(79.1°)221,85998.8%
4-6:53 am (303°)4:31 pm (56°)Moon does not pass the meridian on this day.
5-8:09 am (305°)5:35 pm (54°)12:18 am(81.8°)222,16399.7%
6-9:15 am (305°)6:46 pm (56°)1:26 am(82.2°)223,79097.3%
7-10:08 am (302°)8:00 pm (60°)2:31 am(80.3°)226,55491.9%
8-10:51 am (296°)9:12 pm (66°)3:31 am(76.5°)230,14284.2%
9-11:25 am (290°)10:20 pm (73°)4:24 am(71.5°)234,15774.9%
10-11:54 am (283°)11:24 pm (81°)5:12 am(65.7°)238,25664.8%
11-12:19 pm (275°)-5:56 am(59.6°)242,11054.3%
1212:25 am (89°)12:42 pm (268°)-6:38 am(53.4°)245,49844.0%
131:23 am (96°)1:06 pm (261°)-7:18 am(47.4°)248,25934.2%
142:21 am (103°)1:30 pm (254°)-7:59 am(41.8°)250,32525.3%
153:19 am (110°)1:56 pm (248°)-8:41 am(36.7°)251,68017.3%
164:18 am (116°)2:26 pm (242°)-9:25 am(32.2°)252,36210.7%
175:18 am (120°)3:01 pm (238°)-10:12 am(28.7°)252,4415.5%
186:17 am (124°)3:42 pm (235°)-11:01 am(26.3°)251,9992.0%
197:14 am (126°)4:31 pm (234°)-11:53 am(25.2°)251,1220.3%
208:06 am (125°)5:26 pm (235°)-12:45 pm(25.6°)249,8760.6%
218:52 am (123°)6:26 pm (238°)-1:37 pm(27.4°)248,3142.8%
229:31 am (120°)7:28 pm (242°)-2:27 pm(30.6°)246,4577.1%
2310:05 am (114°)8:32 pm (248°)-3:15 pm(34.9°)244,31713.2%
2410:35 am (108°)9:35 pm (255°)-4:01 pm(40.2°)241,89721.1%
2511:02 am (101°)10:38 pm (263°)-4:46 pm(46.2°)239,21730.4%
2611:27 am (93°)11:42 pm (271°)-5:30 pm(52.6°)236,32240.8%
2711:53 am (85°)--6:15 pm(59.3°)233,31852.0%
28-12:48 am (279°)12:20 pm (77°)7:03 pm(65.9°)230,36663.4%
29-1:57 am (287°)12:51 pm (70°)7:55 pm(72.0°)227,68874.4%
30-3:10 am (294°)1:28 pm (63°)8:52 pm(77.2°)225,54884.3%
31-4:26 am (301°)2:14 pm (58°)9:55 pm(80.8°)224,22792.2%
* All times are local time for Raleigh. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar. Illumination is calculated at lunar noon.

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