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Pretoria, South Africa — Moonrise, Moonset, and Moon Phases, December 2026

Moon: 93.1%
Waning Gibbous
Current Time: Feb 4, 2026 at 9:56:28 am
Moon Direction: 263° West
Moon Altitude: -25.4°
Moon Distance: 237,667 mi
Next New Moon: Feb 17, 2026, 2:01 pm
Next Full Moon: Mar 3, 2026, 1:37 pm
Next Moonrise: Today, 8:40 pm

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

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2026 Moonrise/Moonset Meridian Passing
Dec Moonrise Moonset Moonrise Time Distance (mi) Illumination
1 12:10 am (80°) 12:02 pm (277°) - 6:03 am (56.3°) 234,463 51.1%
2 12:43 am (87°) 1:00 pm (270°) - 6:48 am (62.7°) 237,649 40.0%
3 1:15 am (94°) 1:56 pm (263°) - 7:32 am (69.0°) 240,650 29.8%
4 1:46 am (100°) 2:51 pm (256°) - 8:16 am (75.0°) 243,359 20.6%
5 2:19 am (107°) 3:47 pm (250°) - 9:00 am (80.4°) 245,738 13.0%
6 2:54 am (112°) 4:44 pm (246°) - 9:46 am (85.0°) 247,769 7.0%
7 3:33 am (116°) 5:41 pm (242°) - 10:35 am (88.5°) 249,459 2.8%
8 4:16 am (119°) 6:36 pm (240°) - 11:25 am (89.1°) 250,803 0.6%
9 5:04 am (121°) 7:29 pm (239°) - 12:16 pm (88.1°) 251,792 0.3%
10 5:55 am (121°) 8:18 pm (240°) - 1:08 pm (88.6°) 252,385 1.9%
11 6:49 am (119°) 9:02 pm (242°) - 1:58 pm (89.7°) 252,526 5.4%
12 7:44 am (116°) 9:42 pm (246°) - 2:46 pm (86.7°) 252,144 10.6%
13 8:39 am (112°) 10:17 pm (251°) - 3:31 pm (82.7°) 251,166 17.3%
14 9:33 am (107°) 10:50 pm (256°) - 4:14 pm (77.9°) 249,537 25.3%
15 10:26 am (101°) 11:20 pm (262°) - 4:56 pm (72.5°) 247,228 34.3%
16 11:19 am (95°) 11:50 pm (269°) - 5:38 pm (66.6°) 244,268 44.2%
17 12:13 pm (88°) - - 6:20 pm (60.5°) 240,737 54.7%
18 - 12:21 am (275°) 1:09 pm (81°) 7:04 pm (54.3°) 236,811 65.2%
19 - 12:53 am (282°) 2:09 pm (74°) 7:52 pm (48.3°) 232,729 75.5%
20 - 1:30 am (289°) 3:13 pm (68°) 8:45 pm (43.0°) 228,823 84.8%
21 - 2:13 am (294°) 4:22 pm (63°) 9:45 pm (38.8°) 225,446 92.4%
22 - 3:04 am (299°) 5:33 pm (60°) 10:49 pm (36.3°) 222,987 97.7%
23 - 4:04 am (301°) 6:42 pm (59°) 11:57 pm (36.0°) 221,735 99.8%
24 - 5:13 am (301°) 7:45 pm (61°) Moon does not pass the meridian on this day.
25 - 6:25 am (298°) 8:40 pm (65°) 1:04 am (38.0°) 221,844 98.7%
26 - 7:38 am (293°) 9:27 pm (71°) 2:07 am (42.1°) 223,274 94.3%
27 - 8:47 am (286°) 10:07 pm (77°) 3:04 am (47.6°) 225,826 87.2%
28 - 9:51 am (279°) 10:42 pm (85°) 3:56 am (53.9°) 229,170 78.1%
29 - 10:52 am (272°) 11:15 pm (92°) 4:44 am (60.5°) 232,958 67.8%
30 - 11:50 am (265°) 11:48 pm (99°) 5:29 am (67.1°) 236,849 56.9%
31 - 12:46 pm (258°) - 6:14 am (73.3°) 240,566 46.1%
* All times are local time for Pretoria. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar. Illumination is calculated at lunar noon.

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