Daily Moon Almanac for Fitchburg, Massachusetts
Wednesday   12/10/2025
04:44 am
APEX (Transit)		 11:35 am
MOONSET		 10:50 pm
MOONRISE
65.0%
Illumination at Apex		 Waning Gibbous
Moon Phase		 238,576
Distance in miles
December's full moon is called the Cold Moon
Fitchburg, Massachusetts - Moonrise, Moonset, and Moon Phase Calendar
December 2025
DateMoonriseApex
(Transit)		MoonsetMoonriseApex
(Transit)		DistancePhaseIllumination
102:43 am 01:44 pm 08:45 pm 227,092Waxing Gibbous 87.8%
204:03 am 02:13 pm 09:42 pm 226,019Waxing Gibbous 94.8%
305:26 am 02:49 pm 10:43 pm 225,757Full Moon 99.0%
406:50 am 03:37 pm 11:50 pm 226,337 Full Moon
06:14 pm 		100.0%
508:09 am 04:38 pm 226,934Full Moon 99.1%
612:57 am 09:14 am 05:51 pm 227,724Waning Gibbous 97.5%
702:03 am 10:04 am 07:09 pm 229,814Waning Gibbous 92.2%
803:03 am 10:42 am 08:27 pm 232,448Waning Gibbous 84.5%
903:56 am 11:11 am 09:40 pm 235,435Waning Gibbous 75.2%
DateMoonriseApex
(Transit)		MoonsetMoonriseApex
(Transit)		DistancePhaseIllumination
1004:44 am 11:35 am 10:50 pm 238,576Waning Gibbous 65.0%
1105:29 am 11:55 am 11:55 pm 241,677 Last Quarter
03:52 pm 		50.0%
1206:10 am 12:14 pm 244,567Last Quarter 44.2%
1312:59 am 06:51 am 12:32 pm 247,104Waning Crescent 34.4%
1402:02 am 07:31 am 12:51 pm 249,178Waning Crescent 25.4%
1503:05 am 08:13 am 01:13 pm 250,710Waning Crescent 17.4%
1604:09 am 08:57 am 01:39 pm 251,649Waning Crescent 10.7%
1705:13 am 09:44 am 02:10 pm 251,968Waning Crescent 5.4%
1806:15 am 10:33 am 02:48 pm 251,660Waning Crescent 1.9%
1907:14 am 11:25 am 03:35 pm 250,738 New Moon
08:43 pm 		0.0%
DateMoonriseApex
(Transit)		MoonsetMoonriseApex
(Transit)		DistancePhaseIllumination
2008:06 am 12:17 pm 04:30 pm 249,233New Moon 0.4%
2108:50 am 01:09 pm 05:33 pm 247,204Waxing Crescent 2.6%
2209:25 am 01:59 pm 06:40 pm 244,732Waxing Crescent 6.8%
2309:55 am 02:47 pm 07:48 pm 241,928Waxing Crescent 13.0%
2410:20 am 03:33 pm 08:57 pm 238,926Waxing Crescent 20.8%
2510:42 am 04:18 pm 10:05 pm 235,881Waxing Crescent 30.1%
2611:02 am 05:02 pm 11:14 pm 232,961First Quarter 40.6%
2711:22 am 05:47 pm 230,342 First Quarter
02:09 pm 		50.0%
2812:26 am 11:44 am 06:35 pm 228,189Waxing Gibbous 63.3%
2901:41 am 12:10 pm 07:27 pm 226,652Waxing Gibbous 74.3%
3002:59 am 12:41 pm 08:24 pm 225,846Waxing Gibbous 84.2%
3104:21 am 01:22 pm 09:26 pm 225,844Waxing Gibbous 92.2%
Did you know?
 This full moon on the 4th is known as the Full Cold Moon.
The moon phase for today is Waning Gibbous.
The moon is 65.0% illuminated today.
Tomorrow the moon will decrease in illumination.
In 1835, the New York Sun published a series of fake articles about
   aliens living on the moon.


December 2025
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
1
December 1
Set: 02:43 am
Rise: 01:44 pm
Apex: 08:45 pm
Illumination: 87.8%
Distance: 227,092
2
December 2
Set: 04:03 am
Rise: 02:13 pm
Apex: 09:42 pm
Illumination: 94.8%
Distance: 226,019
3
December 3
Set: 05:26 am
Rise: 02:49 pm
Apex: 10:43 pm
Illumination: 99.0%
Distance: 225,757
4 FULL MOON
December 4
Set: 06:50 am
Rise: 03:37 pm
Full Moon: 06:14 pm
Apex: 11:50 pm
Illumination: 100%
Distance: 226,337
5
December 5
Set: 08:09 am
Rise: 04:38 pm
Illumination: 99.1%
Distance: 226,934
6
December 6
Apex: 12:57 am
Set: 09:14 am
Rise: 05:51 pm
Illumination: 97.5%
Distance: 227,724
7
December 7
Apex: 02:03 am
Set: 10:04 am
Rise: 07:09 pm
Illumination: 92.2%
Distance: 229,814
8
December 8
Apex: 03:03 am
Set: 10:42 am
Rise: 08:27 pm
Illumination: 84.5%
Distance: 232,448
9
December 9
Apex: 03:56 am
Set: 11:11 am
Rise: 09:40 pm
Illumination: 75.2%
Distance: 235,435
10
December 10
Apex: 04:44 am
Set: 11:35 am
Rise: 10:50 pm
Illumination: 65.0%
Distance: 238,576
11 LAST QTR
December 11
Apex: 05:29 am
Set: 11:55 am
Last Qtr: 03:52 pm
Rise: 11:55 pm
Illumination: 50%
Distance: 241,677
12
December 12
Apex: 06:10 am
Set: 12:14 pm
Illumination: 44.2%
Distance: 244,567
13
December 13
Rise: 12:59 am
Apex: 06:51 am
Set: 12:32 pm
Illumination: 34.4%
Distance: 247,104
14
December 14
Rise: 02:02 am
Apex: 07:31 am
Set: 12:51 pm
Illumination: 25.4%
Distance: 249,178
15
December 15
Rise: 03:05 am
Apex: 08:13 am
Set: 01:13 pm
Illumination: 17.4%
Distance: 250,710
16
December 16
Rise: 04:09 am
Apex: 08:57 am
Set: 01:39 pm
Illumination: 10.7%
Distance: 251,649
17
December 17
Rise: 05:13 am
Apex: 09:44 am
Set: 02:10 pm
Illumination: 5.4%
Distance: 251,968
18
December 18
Rise: 06:15 am
Apex: 10:33 am
Set: 02:48 pm
Illumination: 1.9%
Distance: 251,660
19 NEW MOON
December 19
Rise: 07:14 am
Apex: 11:25 am
Set: 03:35 pm
New Moon: 08:43 pm
Illumination: 0%
Distance: 250,738
20
December 20
Rise: 08:06 am
Apex: 12:17 pm
Set: 04:30 pm
Illumination: 0.4%
Distance: 249,233
21
December 21
Rise: 08:50 am
Apex: 01:09 pm
Set: 05:33 pm
Illumination: 2.6%
Distance: 247,204
22
December 22
Rise: 09:25 am
Apex: 01:59 pm
Set: 06:40 pm
Illumination: 6.8%
Distance: 244,732
23
December 23
Rise: 09:55 am
Apex: 02:47 pm
Set: 07:48 pm
Illumination: 13.0%
Distance: 241,928
24
December 24
Rise: 10:20 am
Apex: 03:33 pm
Set: 08:57 pm
Illumination: 20.8%
Distance: 238,926
25
December 25
Rise: 10:42 am
Apex: 04:18 pm
Set: 10:05 pm
Illumination: 30.1%
Distance: 235,881
26
December 26
Rise: 11:02 am
Apex: 05:02 pm
Set: 11:14 pm
Illumination: 40.6%
Distance: 232,961
27 FIRST QTR
December 27
Rise: 11:22 am
First Qtr: 02:09 pm
Apex: 05:47 pm
Illumination: 50%
Distance: 230,342
28
December 28
Set: 12:26 am
Rise: 11:44 am
Apex: 06:35 pm
Illumination: 63.3%
Distance: 228,189
29
December 29
Set: 01:41 am
Rise: 12:10 pm
Apex: 07:27 pm
Illumination: 74.3%
Distance: 226,652
30
December 30
Set: 02:59 am
Rise: 12:41 pm
Apex: 08:24 pm
Illumination: 84.2%
Distance: 225,846
31
December 31
Set: 04:21 am
Rise: 01:22 pm
Apex: 09:26 pm
Illumination: 92.2%
Distance: 225,844