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Charleston, West Virginia, USA — Moonrise, Moonset, and Moon Phases, December 2026

Moon: 88.7%
Waning Gibbous
Current Time: Feb 4, 2026 at 8:20:02 pm
Moon Direction: 82° East
Moon Altitude: -9.9°
Moon Distance: 240,050 mi
Next New Moon: Feb 17, 2026, 7:01 am
Next Full Moon: Mar 3, 2026, 6:37 am
Next Moonrise: Today, 9:08 pm

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

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2026 Moonrise/Moonset Meridian Passing
Dec Moonrise Moonset Moonrise Time Distance (mi) Illumination
1 12:02 am (81°) 1:00 pm (275°) - 6:36 am (56.7°) 235,448 47.7%
2 1:08 am (89°) 1:24 pm (267°) - 7:21 am (50.3°) 238,589 36.8%
3 2:12 am (97°) 1:47 pm (259°) - 8:05 am (44.1°) 241,510 26.8%
4 3:16 am (105°) 2:12 pm (252°) - 8:48 am (38.3°) 244,120 18.1%
5 4:19 am (112°) 2:40 pm (246°) - 9:33 am (33.2°) 246,394 10.9%
6 5:23 am (118°) 3:12 pm (240°) - 10:20 am (28.9°) 248,320 5.5%
7 6:25 am (122°) 3:49 pm (236°) - 11:09 am (25.7°) 249,906 1.9%
8 7:25 am (125°) 4:33 pm (234°) - 12:00 pm (23.8°) 251,144 0.3%
9 8:20 am (126°) 5:23 pm (234°) - 12:51 pm (23.3°) 252,017 0.6%
10 9:09 am (125°) 6:18 pm (235°) - 1:42 pm (24.1°) 252,479 2.8%
11 9:50 am (123°) 7:18 pm (239°) - 2:32 pm (26.2°) 252,468 6.8%
12 10:25 am (119°) 8:18 pm (243°) - 3:19 pm (29.5°) 251,912 12.5%
13 10:55 am (113°) 9:19 pm (249°) - 4:04 pm (33.7°) 250,740 19.6%
14 11:21 am (107°) 10:20 pm (256°) - 4:46 pm (38.7°) 248,904 27.9%
15 11:45 am (100°) 11:20 pm (263°) - 5:28 pm (44.2°) 246,391 37.3%
16 12:07 pm (93°) - - 6:10 pm (50.2°) 243,245 47.4%
17 - 12:22 am (271°) 12:30 pm (85°) 6:52 pm (56.3°) 239,573 57.9%
18 - 1:25 am (279°) 12:55 pm (78°) 7:38 pm (62.5°) 235,567 68.4%
19 - 2:32 am (286°) 1:23 pm (70°) 8:27 pm (68.3°) 231,504 78.5%
20 - 3:43 am (294°) 1:57 pm (63°) 9:22 pm (73.4°) 227,717 87.3%
21 - 4:59 am (300°) 2:39 pm (58°) 10:23 pm (77.1°) 224,584 94.3%
22 - 6:15 am (304°) 3:33 pm (55°) 11:29 pm (79.0°) 222,467 98.7%
23 - 7:27 am (306°) 4:39 pm (54°) Moon does not pass the meridian on this day.
24 - 8:30 am (304°) 5:55 pm (57°) 12:37 am (78.5°) 221,622 99.8%
25 - 9:20 am (300°) 7:15 pm (62°) 1:43 am (75.8°) 222,145 97.7%
26 - 10:01 am (294°) 8:33 pm (70°) 2:44 am (71.2°) 223,945 92.4%
27 - 10:33 am (286°) 9:47 pm (78°) 3:40 am (65.4°) 226,781 84.6%
28 - 11:01 am (278°) 10:57 pm (86°) 4:30 am (59.0°) 230,294 75.1%
29 - 11:27 am (269°) - 5:17 am (52.3°) 234,150 64.5%
30 12:04 am (95°) 11:51 am (261°) - 6:02 am (45.9°) 238,011 53.6%
31 1:08 am (103°) 12:16 pm (254°) - 6:47 am (39.8°) 241,631 42.9%
* All times are local time for Charleston. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar. Illumination is calculated at lunar noon.

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