Moon Exactly

Daily lunar detail

December 2028 Moon Calendar

The month opens with a Full Moon and closes with a Full Moon. It contains 5 exact major phase events.

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Icons use the common Northern Hemisphere convention: waxing light on the right, waning light on the left. Your sky may appear rotated at other latitudes.

Full MoonDecember 2, 2028 at 1:40 AM UTC
Last QuarterDecember 9, 2028 at 5:39 AM UTC
New MoonDecember 16, 2028 at 2:06 AM UTC
First QuarterDecember 23, 2028 at 9:45 PM UTC
Full MoonDecember 31, 2028 at 4:48 PM UTC

The lunar story of December 2028

New Moon occurs December 16, 2028. Full Moon occurs December 2, 2028. The first major event is Full Moon on December 2, 2028, and the month progresses from 100% to 100% illumination at noon UTC on its boundary dates.

Choosing a day

Select any Moon to open its precise phase angle, illuminated fraction, elapsed age since New Moon, trend, and neighboring event. Date result pages remain shareable but are excluded from search indexing.

Questions, answered

Frequently asked questions

What time are daily phases calculated?

12:00 UTC, chosen deliberately to keep date-only selections stable worldwide.

Why can a local phase event fall on another date?

An event near 00:00 UTC may occur on the previous local date west of Greenwich or the next local date east of it.

Do the icons show sky orientation?

They use a Northern Hemisphere convention; actual orientation rotates with latitude and viewing angle.