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Asheville, North Carolina, USA — Moonrise, Moonset, and Moon Phases, December 2026

Moon: 88.6%
Waning Gibbous
Current Time: Feb 4, 2026 at 8:33:55 pm
Moon Direction: 84° East
Moon Altitude: -8.3°
Moon Distance: 240,082 mi
Next New Moon: Feb 17, 2026, 7:01 am
Next Full Moon: Mar 3, 2026, 6:37 am
Next Moonrise: Today, 9:12 pm

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

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2026 Moonrise/Moonset Meridian Passing
Dec Moonrise Moonset Moonrise Time Distance (mi) Illumination
1 12:08 am (81°) 1:02 pm (275°) - 6:40 am (59.5°) 235,456 47.6%
2 1:12 am (89°) 1:28 pm (267°) - 7:25 am (53.0°) 238,596 36.8%
3 2:14 am (97°) 1:54 pm (260°) - 8:08 am (46.8°) 241,517 26.8%
4 3:16 am (104°) 2:21 pm (253°) - 8:52 am (41.0°) 244,127 18.1%
5 4:17 am (111°) 2:50 pm (247°) - 9:37 am (35.9°) 246,400 10.9%
6 5:19 am (116°) 3:23 pm (242°) - 10:24 am (31.7°) 248,324 5.5%
7 6:20 am (121°) 4:02 pm (238°) - 11:13 am (28.5°) 249,909 1.9%
8 7:19 am (124°) 4:46 pm (236°) - 12:04 pm (26.6°) 251,147 0.3%
9 8:14 am (125°) 5:37 pm (235°) - 12:55 pm (26.0°) 252,019 0.6%
10 9:03 am (124°) 6:32 pm (237°) - 1:46 pm (26.9°) 252,480 2.8%
11 9:45 am (122°) 7:30 pm (240°) - 2:36 pm (29.0°) 252,468 6.9%
12 10:22 am (118°) 8:29 pm (244°) - 3:23 pm (32.3°) 251,910 12.5%
13 10:53 am (113°) 9:28 pm (250°) - 4:07 pm (36.5°) 250,736 19.6%
14 11:21 am (107°) 10:27 pm (256°) - 4:50 pm (41.5°) 248,899 27.9%
15 11:46 am (100°) 11:26 pm (263°) - 5:32 pm (47.0°) 246,384 37.3%
16 12:10 pm (93°) - - 6:13 pm (53.0°) 243,236 47.4%
17 - 12:25 am (271°) 12:35 pm (86°) 6:56 pm (59.1°) 239,563 57.9%
18 - 1:27 am (278°) 1:02 pm (78°) 7:42 pm (65.3°) 235,557 68.5%
19 - 2:32 am (286°) 1:32 pm (71°) 8:31 pm (71.1°) 231,493 78.5%
20 - 3:41 am (293°) 2:07 pm (64°) 9:26 pm (76.2°) 227,708 87.4%
21 - 4:54 am (299°) 2:52 pm (59°) 10:27 pm (79.9°) 224,577 94.3%
22 - 6:09 am (303°) 3:47 pm (56°) 11:33 pm (81.8°) 222,463 98.7%
23 - 7:21 am (305°) 4:53 pm (56°) Moon does not pass the meridian on this day.
24 - 8:24 am (303°) 6:08 pm (58°) 12:41 am (81.3°) 221,622 99.8%
25 - 9:16 am (299°) 7:26 pm (64°) 1:47 am (78.6°) 222,148 97.7%
26 - 9:58 am (293°) 8:42 pm (70°) 2:48 am (74.0°) 223,951 92.4%
27 - 10:33 am (285°) 9:54 pm (78°) 3:43 am (68.2°) 226,789 84.6%
28 - 11:03 am (277°) 11:02 pm (87°) 4:34 am (61.7°) 230,303 75.0%
29 - 11:31 am (269°) - 5:21 am (55.1°) 234,160 64.5%
30 12:06 am (95°) 11:57 am (262°) - 6:06 am (48.6°) 238,021 53.6%
31 1:09 am (102°) 12:24 pm (255°) - 6:50 am (42.6°) 241,640 42.9%
* All times are local time for Asheville. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar. Illumination is calculated at lunar noon.

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