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Rochester, New York, USA — Moonrise, Moonset, and Moon Phases, December 2025

Moon: 96.7%
Waning Gibbous
Current Time: Dec 6, 2025 at 4:59:28 am
Moon Direction: 268° West
Moon Altitude: 45.2°
Moon Distance: 224,116 mi
Next New Moon: Dec 19, 2025, 8:43 pm
Next Full Moon: Jan 3, 2026, 5:02 am
Next Moonset: Today, 9:40 am
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Moonrise, Moonset, and Phase Calendar for Rochester, December 2025

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2025Moonrise/MoonsetMeridian Passing
DecMoonriseMoonsetMoonriseTimeDistance (mi)Illumination
1-3:08 am (283°)2:06 pm (73°)9:09 pm(60.9°)225,06787.8%
2-4:28 am (293°)2:35 pm (64°)10:06 pm(66.9°)222,88394.7%
3-5:53 am (301°)3:11 pm (57°)11:07 pm(71.6°)221,86098.8%
4-7:17 am (307°)3:58 pm (52°)Moon does not pass the meridian on this day.
5-8:35 am (310°)4:59 pm (50°)12:14 am(74.3°)222,16199.7%
6-9:40 am (309°)6:12 pm (52°)1:21 am(74.7°)223,78497.3%
7-10:30 am (306°)7:31 pm (56°)2:27 am(72.8°)226,54491.9%
8-11:07 am (299°)8:49 pm (63°)3:26 am(69.0°)230,13184.2%
9-11:36 am (292°)10:03 pm (71°)4:20 am(64.0°)234,14674.9%
10-11:59 am (284°)11:13 pm (80°)5:08 am(58.2°)238,24464.8%
11-12:19 pm (276°)-5:52 am(52.1°)242,09954.3%
1212:19 am (88°)12:37 pm (268°)-6:34 am(46.0°)245,48944.0%
131:23 am (97°)12:55 pm (260°)-7:14 am(40.0°)248,25234.3%
142:27 am (105°)1:14 pm (252°)-7:55 am(34.4°)250,32125.3%
153:30 am (112°)1:35 pm (245°)-8:37 am(29.2°)251,67717.4%
164:35 am (119°)2:00 pm (239°)-9:21 am(24.8°)252,36110.7%
175:39 am (124°)2:30 pm (234°)-10:08 am(21.3°)252,4425.5%
186:42 am (128°)3:09 pm (231°)-10:57 am(18.9°)252,0012.0%
197:41 am (130°)3:56 pm (229°)-11:48 am(17.8°)251,1250.3%
208:32 am (130°)4:51 pm (230°)-12:41 pm(18.2°)249,8800.6%
219:16 am (128°)5:54 pm (234°)-1:33 pm(20.0°)248,3192.8%
229:51 am (123°)7:02 pm (239°)-2:23 pm(23.2°)246,4637.1%
2310:20 am (117°)8:10 pm (245°)-3:11 pm(27.5°)244,32413.2%
2410:44 am (110°)9:20 pm (253°)-3:57 pm(32.7°)241,90421.0%
2511:06 am (102°)10:29 pm (262°)-4:41 pm(38.7°)239,22530.3%
2611:26 am (94°)11:38 pm (271°)-5:26 pm(45.1°)236,33140.8%
2711:45 am (85°)--6:11 pm(51.8°)233,32752.0%
28-12:50 am (280°)12:07 pm (76°)6:59 pm(58.4°)230,37463.4%
29-2:06 am (289°)12:32 pm (67°)7:51 pm(64.5°)227,69574.4%
30-3:25 am (297°)1:03 pm (60°)8:48 pm(69.7°)225,55384.2%
31-4:47 am (304°)1:43 pm (54°)9:50 pm(73.3°)224,23092.2%
* All times are local time for Rochester. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar. Illumination is calculated at lunar noon.

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