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Lunar phase today Raleigh

Lunar Day 2

Moon phase today December 21, 2025

What is moon today in Raleigh?

Today's lunar phase in Raleigh, United States, the moon is in 🌒 the Waxing Crescent phase, with 4.19% illumination, with an age of 1.94 days. The current distance between Raleigh, United States and the moon is 396,201.82km.

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Moon phase today

Note: all moon data below it's analytic based on this location coordinates latitude 35.8302 and longitude -78.6414 also base on Time zone America/New_York because of that and for higher accuracy you will find it different from place to place.
Sunday, December 21, 2025
11:50:55 PM
Lunar Day 2
Waxing Crescent
4.19%
Raleigh
United States
  • Location:
    United States, Raleigh
  • Moon phase:
    🌒 Waxing Crescent
  • Lunar day (Moon Age):
    1.94
  • Illumination:
    4.19%
  • MoonRise/MoonSet:
    08:53/18:26
  • Altitude:
    22.53°
  • Period:
    🕑 9 Hours and 33 Minutes
  • Angular diameter:
    28.8°
  • Distance to Raleigh:
    396,201.82km
  • Next full Moon:
    January 2, 2026 at 4:18 PM
  • Next full Moon countdown:
    11 Days, 16 Hours and 27 Minutes

Upcoming moon phases

December 22, 2025
Lunar Day 1
Waxing Crescent
Illumination: 4.21%
Rise
09:32
Set
19:29
December 23, 2025
Lunar Day 2
Waxing Crescent
Illumination: 9.09%
Rise
10:06
Set
20:32
December 24, 2025
Lunar Day 3
Waxing Crescent
Illumination: 15.69%
Rise
10:35
Set
21:36
December 25, 2025
Lunar Day 4
Waxing Crescent
Illumination: 23.85%
Rise
11:02
Set
22:38
December 26, 2025
Lunar Day 5
First Quarter
Illumination: 33.31%
Rise
11:28
Set
23:43
December 27, 2025
Lunar Day 6
First Quarter
Illumination: 43.74%
Rise
11:53
Set
00:00
December 28, 2025
Lunar Day 7
First Quarter
Illumination: 54.73%
Rise
12:20
Set
00:48

Current moon cycle

It's common to give the moon four phases names (Moon Cycle), it's like they divide the moon phases to forth different times, First one is the new moon, second one is the first quarter, third one full moon, fourth one and the last it's the last quarter, In the below we will list for you the current moon cycles with the four times that we talked about
PhaseStart DateMoonriseMoonrsetIlluminationAge
🌑 New MoonSaturday, December 20, 202508:0717:260.01%0.11
🌓 First QuarterFriday, December 26, 202511:2823:4333.31%5.78
🌕 Full MoonFriday, January 2, 202616:1806:5397.83%13.38
🌗 Last QuarterFriday, January 9, 202600:0011:0864.19%20.8

Moon Phase Calendar for December, 2025

SundayMondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFridaySaturday
 
1Waxing Gibbous🌔 80.37%Age 10.45
2Waxing Gibbous🌔 88.87%Age 11.57
3Waxing Gibbous🌔 95.31%Age 12.71
4Full Moon🌕 99.11%Age 13.88
5Full Moon🌕 99.91%Age 15.04
6Full Moon🌕 97.68%Age 16.2
7Waning Gibbous🌖 92.71%Age 17.33
8Waning Gibbous🌖 85.53%Age 18.43
9Waning Gibbous🌖 76.76%Age 19.49
10Last Quarter🌗 67.03%Age 20.51
11Last Quarter🌗 56.9%Age 21.5
12Last Quarter🌗 46.79%Age 22.45
13Last Quarter🌗 37.08%Age 23.38
14Waning Crescent🌘 28.04%Age 24.28
15Waning Crescent🌘 19.93%Age 25.18
16Waning Crescent🌘 12.95%Age 26.07
17Waning Crescent🌘 7.3%Age 26.96
18New Moon🌑 3.17%Age 27.85
19New Moon🌑 0.7%Age 28.74
20New Moon🌑 0.01%Age 0.11
21New Moon🌑 1.18%Age 1.02
22Waxing Crescent🌒 4.21%Age 1.94
23Waxing Crescent🌒 9.09%Age 2.88
24Waxing Crescent🌒 15.69%Age 3.83
25Waxing Crescent🌒 23.85%Age 4.8
26First Quarter🌓 33.31%Age 5.78
27First Quarter🌓 43.74%Age 6.79
28First Quarter🌓 54.73%Age 7.83
29First Quarter🌓 65.76%Age 8.89
30Waxing Gibbous🌔 76.25%Age 9.98
31Waxing Gibbous🌔 85.52%Age 11.1