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Des Moines, Iowa, USA — Moonrise, Moonset, and Moon Phases, December 2025

Moon: 1.0%
Waning Crescent
Current Time: Dec 18, 2025 at 9:37:20 pm
Moon Direction: 293° Northwest
Moon Altitude: -64.4°
Moon Distance: 251,637 mi
Next New Moon: Dec 19, 2025, 7:43 pm
Next Full Moon: Jan 3, 2026, 4:02 am
Next Moonrise: Tomorrow, 7:40 am

Moonrise, Moonset, and Phase Calendar for Des Moines, December 2025

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2025 Moonrise/Moonset Meridian Passing
Dec Moonrise Moonset Moonrise Time Distance (mi) Illumination
1 - 3:13 am (283°) 2:14 pm (73°) 9:16 pm (62.8°) 224,949 88.2%
2 - 4:32 am (292°) 2:44 pm (64°) 10:12 pm (68.8°) 222,811 95.0%
3 - 5:55 am (300°) 3:22 pm (57°) 11:14 pm (73.4°) 221,845 99.0%
4 - 7:18 am (306°) 4:11 pm (52°) Moon does not pass the meridian on this day.
5 - 8:35 am (309°) 5:13 pm (51°) 12:21 am (76.0°) 222,205 99.7%
6 - 9:40 am (308°) 6:26 pm (53°) 1:28 am (76.3°) 223,884 97.1%
7 - 10:30 am (304°) 7:44 pm (58°) 2:33 am (74.3°) 226,689 91.6%
8 - 11:08 am (298°) 9:01 pm (64°) 3:33 am (70.4°) 230,303 83.8%
9 - 11:38 am (291°) 10:13 pm (72°) 4:26 am (65.3°) 234,328 74.5%
10 - 12:02 pm (283°) 11:21 pm (80°) 5:14 am (59.5°) 238,423 64.3%
11 - 12:23 pm (275°) - 5:58 am (53.4°) 242,261 53.9%
12 12:26 am (89°) 12:42 pm (267°) - 6:40 am (47.3°) 245,626 43.6%
13 1:29 am (97°) 1:01 pm (260°) - 7:20 am (41.3°) 248,359 33.8%
14 2:31 am (105°) 1:21 pm (252°) - 8:01 am (35.7°) 250,396 24.9%
15 3:33 am (112°) 1:44 pm (245°) - 8:43 am (30.6°) 251,721 17.0%
16 4:37 am (118°) 2:10 pm (240°) - 9:27 am (26.2°) 252,377 10.4%
17 5:40 am (123°) 2:42 pm (235°) - 10:14 am (22.7°) 252,433 5.3%
18 6:42 am (127°) 3:21 pm (232°) - 11:03 am (20.4°) 251,971 1.9%
19 7:40 am (129°) 4:09 pm (231°) - 11:55 am (19.4°) 251,077 0.3%
20 8:31 am (129°) 5:05 pm (232°) - 12:47 pm (19.8°) 249,818 0.6%
21 9:15 am (127°) 6:08 pm (235°) - 1:39 pm (21.7°) 248,243 3.0%
22 9:51 am (122°) 7:14 pm (240°) - 2:29 pm (24.9°) 246,373 7.3%
23 10:21 am (116°) 8:21 pm (246°) - 3:17 pm (29.3°) 244,222 13.5%
24 10:46 am (109°) 9:29 pm (254°) - 4:03 pm (34.6°) 241,791 21.4%
25 11:09 am (102°) 10:37 pm (262°) - 4:47 pm (40.6°) 239,100 30.8%
26 11:30 am (93°) 11:45 pm (271°) - 5:32 pm (47.0°) 236,199 41.3%
27 11:51 am (85°) - - 6:17 pm (53.7°) 233,193 52.5%
28 - 12:56 am (280°) 12:14 pm (76°) 7:05 pm (60.3°) 230,248 63.9%
29 - 2:10 am (289°) 12:41 pm (68°) 7:57 pm (66.4°) 227,586 74.9%
30 - 3:28 am (297°) 1:13 pm (60°) 8:54 pm (71.5°) 225,475 84.6%
31 - 4:49 am (304°) 1:55 pm (54°) 9:57 pm (75.0°) 224,194 92.5%
* All times are local time for Des Moines. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar. Illumination is calculated at lunar noon.

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