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Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom — Moonrise, Moonset, and Moon Phases, December 2026

Moon: 45.5%
First Quarter
Current Time: Mar 25, 2026 at 9:39:31 am
Moon Direction: 44° Northeast
Moon Altitude: 3.6°
Moon Distance: 230,133 mi
Next Full Moon: Apr 2, 2026, 3:11 am
Next New Moon: Apr 17, 2026, 12:51 pm
Next Moonset: Tomorrow, 4:02 am

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

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2026 Moonrise/Moonset Meridian Passing
Dec Moonrise Moonset Moonrise Time Distance (mi) Illumination
1 - 1:04 pm (279°) - 6:24 am (41.6°) 234,769 50.0%
2 12:46 am (86°) 1:13 pm (268°) - 7:09 am (35.2°) 237,943 39.0%
3 2:07 am (98°) 1:22 pm (258°) - 7:53 am (28.9°) 240,920 28.8%
4 3:27 am (108°) 1:31 pm (248°) - 8:36 am (23.1°) 243,599 19.8%
5 4:47 am (118°) 1:42 pm (238°) - 9:21 am (17.8°) 245,945 12.3%
6 6:08 am (127°) 1:57 pm (230°) - 10:07 am (13.4°) 247,943 6.5%
7 7:26 am (135°) 2:18 pm (223°) - 10:56 am (10.0°) 249,601 2.5%
8 8:40 am (141°) 2:49 pm (218°) - 11:46 am (7.9°) 250,913 0.4%
9 9:42 am (143°) 3:33 pm (217°) - 12:38 pm (7.0°) 251,866 0.4%
10 10:29 am (142°) 4:32 pm (218°) - 1:29 pm (7.6°) 252,419 2.2%
11 11:02 am (138°) 5:42 pm (223°) - 2:19 pm (9.4°) 252,513 5.9%
12 11:24 am (132°) 6:57 pm (230°) - 3:06 pm (12.4°) 252,078 11.2%
13 11:40 am (124°) 8:14 pm (239°) - 3:52 pm (16.4°) 251,040 18.0%
14 11:52 am (115°) 9:31 pm (248°) - 4:35 pm (21.2°) 249,347 26.1%
15 12:01 pm (106°) 10:47 pm (258°) - 5:17 pm (26.6°) 246,974 35.2%
16 12:09 pm (96°) - - 5:58 pm (32.5°) 243,956 45.2%
17 - 12:04 am (269°) 12:17 pm (86°) 6:40 pm (38.6°) 240,379 55.7%
18 - 1:23 am (279°) 12:26 pm (76°) 7:25 pm (44.7°) 236,426 66.2%
19 - 2:46 am (290°) 12:37 pm (65°) 8:14 pm (50.6°) 232,346 76.4%
20 - 4:15 am (301°) 12:51 pm (55°) 9:07 pm (55.9°) 228,474 85.6%
21 - 5:49 am (311°) 1:13 pm (46°) 10:07 pm (60.0°) 225,169 93.1%
22 - 7:23 am (319°) 1:49 pm (40°) 11:12 pm (62.2°) 222,813 98.0%
23 - 8:45 am (323°) 2:46 pm (37°) Moon does not pass the meridian on this day.
24 - 9:44 am (321°) 4:09 pm (41°) 12:20 am (62.3°) 221,686 99.9%
25 - 10:21 am (314°) 5:46 pm (49°) 1:26 am (60.0°) 221,924 98.4%
26 - 10:45 am (304°) 7:25 pm (59°) 2:29 am (55.8°) 223,472 93.7%
27 - 11:00 am (294°) 9:00 pm (71°) 3:26 am (50.2°) 226,116 86.4%
28 - 11:11 am (283°) 10:29 pm (83°) 4:17 am (43.9°) 229,515 77.2%
29 - 11:21 am (271°) 11:53 pm (94°) 5:05 am (37.3°) 233,328 66.8%
30 - 11:30 am (261°) - 5:50 am (30.8°) 237,212 55.9%
31 1:15 am (105°) 11:39 am (250°) - 6:34 am (24.7°) 240,902 45.1%
* All times are local time for Belfast. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar. Illumination is calculated at lunar noon.

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