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Rarotonga, Cook Islands — Moonrise, Moonset, and Moon Phases, December 2026

Moon: 88.1%
Waning Gibbous
Current Time: Feb 4, 2026 at 5:22:39 pm
Moon Direction: 122° Southeast
Moon Altitude: -54.4°
Moon Distance: 240,330 mi
Next New Moon: Feb 17, 2026, 2:01 am
Next Full Moon: Mar 3, 2026, 1:37 am
Next Moonrise: Today, 9:28 pm

Moonrise, Moonset, and Phase Calendar for Rarotonga, December 2026

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2026 Moonrise/Moonset Meridian Passing
Dec Moonrise Moonset Moonrise Time Distance (mi) Illumination
1 12:57 am (84°) 1:05 pm (273°) - 6:59 am (64.2°) 236,143 45.2%
2 1:32 am (91°) 1:59 pm (266°) - 7:43 am (70.6°) 239,246 34.5%
3 2:05 am (97°) 2:53 pm (260°) - 8:27 am (76.8°) 242,104 24.8%
4 2:40 am (103°) 3:46 pm (254°) - 9:11 am (82.5°) 244,643 16.4%
5 3:16 am (109°) 4:40 pm (249°) - 9:56 am (87.5°) 246,842 9.6%
6 3:55 am (113°) 5:35 pm (245°) - 10:43 am (88.5°) 248,693 4.5%
7 4:37 am (117°) 6:31 pm (242°) - 11:33 am (85.5°) 250,204 1.4%
8 5:24 am (119°) 7:24 pm (240°) - 12:24 pm (83.9°) 251,366 0.2%
9 6:14 am (120°) 8:16 pm (241°) - 1:15 pm (83.6°) 252,154 0.9%
10 7:07 am (119°) 9:03 pm (242°) - 2:06 pm (84.7°) 252,519 3.5%
11 8:00 am (117°) 9:46 pm (245°) - 2:55 pm (87.1°) 252,396 7.9%
12 8:54 am (113°) 10:25 pm (249°) - 3:41 pm (89.3°) 251,712 13.9%
13 9:46 am (109°) 11:00 pm (254°) - 4:26 pm (84.9°) 250,400 21.3%
14 10:38 am (103°) 11:34 pm (260°) - 5:08 pm (79.7°) 248,415 29.9%
15 11:28 am (97°) - - 5:50 pm (74.1°) 245,760 39.4%
16 - 12:06 am (266°) 12:20 pm (91°) 6:31 pm (68.0°) 242,486 49.6%
17 - 12:38 am (272°) 1:12 pm (85°) 7:15 pm (61.8°) 238,725 60.2%
18 - 1:12 am (279°) 2:08 pm (78°) 8:01 pm (55.7°) 234,678 70.7%
19 - 1:49 am (285°) 3:07 pm (72°) 8:51 pm (50.0°) 230,647 80.5%
20 - 2:31 am (291°) 4:11 pm (66°) 9:47 pm (45.2°) 226,966 89.0%
21 - 3:20 am (296°) 5:19 pm (62°) 10:50 pm (41.8°) 224,027 95.5%
22 - 4:18 am (299°) 6:29 pm (60°) 11:56 pm (40.4°) 222,169 99.2%
23 - 5:23 am (300°) 7:36 pm (61°) Moon does not pass the meridian on this day.
24 - 6:34 am (298°) 8:37 pm (64°) 1:04 am (41.3°) 221,621 99.7%
25 - 7:45 am (294°) 9:29 pm (68°) 2:09 am (44.5°) 222,433 96.8%
26 - 8:53 am (289°) 10:15 pm (75°) 3:09 am (49.4°) 224,482 90.9%
27 - 9:57 am (282°) 10:55 pm (81°) 4:03 am (55.4°) 227,498 82.7%
28 - 10:57 am (275°) 11:31 pm (88°) 4:53 am (61.9°) 231,113 72.8%
29 - 11:53 am (268°) - 5:40 am (68.6°) 234,998 62.2%
30 12:06 am (95°) 12:48 pm (261°) - 6:24 am (75.0°) 238,826 51.3%
31 12:41 am (102°) 1:42 pm (255°) - 7:09 am (80.9°) 242,364 40.6%
* All times are local time for Rarotonga. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar. Illumination is calculated at lunar noon.

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