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Moon phases in December 2026

Day by day

1

Last Quarter

56% · Virgo

2

Last Quarter

45% · Virgo

3

Last Quarter

35% · Libra

4

Waning Crescent

25% · Libra

5

Waning Crescent

17% · Scorpio

6

Waning Crescent

10% · Scorpio

7

Waning Crescent

4% · Scorpio

8

New Moon

1% · Sagittarius

9

New Moon

0% · Sagittarius

10

New Moon

1% · Capricorn

11

Waxing Crescent

5% · Capricorn

12

Waxing Crescent

10% · Capricorn

13

Waxing Crescent

17% · Aquarius

14

Waxing Crescent

26% · Aquarius

15

First Quarter

36% · Pisces

16

First Quarter

47% · Pisces

17

First Quarter

57% · Pisces

18

First Quarter

67% · Aries

19

Waxing Gibbous

77% · Aries

20

Waxing Gibbous

85% · Taurus

21

Waxing Gibbous

92% · Taurus

22

Full Moon

97% · Gemini

23

Full Moon

99% · Gemini

24

Full Moon

100% · Cancer

25

Full Moon

98% · Cancer

26

Waning Gibbous

94% · Leo

27

Waning Gibbous

88% · Leo

28

Waning Gibbous

81% · Virgo

29

Waning Gibbous

72% · Virgo

30

Last Quarter

62% · Libra

31

Last Quarter

51% · Libra

Mood of the month

December 2026 questions

When is the full moon in December 2026?
There is no full moon inside the calendar month of December 2026.
When is the new moon in December 2026?
There is no new moon inside the calendar month of December 2026.
How many moon phases are there in December 2026?
December 2026 contains 0 principal phase moments: new moon, first quarter, full moon and last quarter. The moon moves continuously between them, so every day of the month sits somewhere on that curve.

What this page covers

Every moon phase in December 2026, with the sign the moon passes through and the illumination for each day of the month. Everything here is worked out the standard way, so the numbers and dates match what you would find in a printed reference.

There is no full moon inside the calendar month of December 2026, which happens when the lunar month straddles the month boundary.

Bring a question with you. Find the date, name or sign you came for in the tables above, read the short interpretation beside it, and skip the rest. A monthly calendar earns its place by being quick to use rather than long to read.

How the readings here are worked out

There is no new moon inside December 2026, so the month reads as one long build rather than two halves.

Where a date is involved we use the astronomical event rather than a rounded calendar day, since rounding is what makes two sites disagree by a day.

Older and newer schools disagree in places. Where they do, the widely taught version leads and the variant is mentioned rather than buried.

Reading the December 2026 moon calendar in context

The lunar month runs about twenty nine and a half days, so the same phase arrives a day or two earlier next month against the calendar.

One reading is an opinion, two that agree is a pattern. Cross checking costs a minute and saves a lot of overinterpretation.

If a reading feels flat, that is information too. A system that always has something to say is not being honest with you.

Using the December 2026 moon calendar day to day

Phases are given at the astronomical moment, which means a phase late in the evening can read as the following day in another timezone.

Check it before you need it rather than after, since most of the value is in planning rather than explaining something that already happened.

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Common mistakes people make

Nothing here is a verdict about what you are capable of. It describes a leaning, and leanings can be worked with.

Skipping the uncomfortable half wastes the reading. The difficult line is usually the one worth sitting with.

Shopping for agreement across the library defeats the point. Choose the page that fits the question and close the rest. To turn this into something you can use, try moon phase today, full moon names and moon phase by birthday.

Where this sits in the wider system

Every family on the site overlaps with the others, which is what makes cross checking possible at all.

For symbols, try the dream dictionary or spiritual meanings. For anything worked out from a birth date, use the calculators.

If you would rather ask than browse, the AI astrologer takes a plain question and answers it against the details you give it.

Questions this page answers well

Definite questions get definite answers here. Anything with a lookup behind it is what this page does well.

Broad questions need two or three related pages read together, and even then the honest answer is a theme rather than a conclusion.

Anything that needs a professional belongs with a professional, even when a reading seems to speak directly to the situation.

How we keep this page accurate

Keep the parts that match your experience and drop the rest. A reading that has to be forced is the wrong reading.

Nothing on this page is maintained by hand, which removes the usual cause of quiet errors in reference tables.

The editorial team page explains how entries are written and reviewed, and about covers the sources.

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