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Palo Alto, California, USA — Moonrise, Moonset, and Moon Phases, December 2026

Moon: 88.4%
Waning Gibbous
Current Time: Feb 4, 2026 at 6:21:19 pm
Moon Direction: ↑ 65° Northeast
Moon Altitude: -29.6°
Moon Distance: 240,190 mi
Next New Moon: Feb 17, 2026, 4:01 am
Next Full Moon: Mar 3, 2026, 3:37 am
Next Moonrise: Today, 8:57 pm
Location of Palo Alto Location

Moonrise, Moonset, and Phase Calendar for Palo Alto, December 2026

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2026 Moonrise/Moonset Meridian Passing
Dec Moonrise Moonset Moonrise Time Distance (mi) Illumination
1 - 12:44 pm ↑ (274°) - 6:24 am (56.9°) 235,809 46.4%
2 12:57 am ↑ (90°) 1:09 pm ↑ (266°) - 7:08 am (50.5°) 238,931 35.6%
3 2:01 am ↑ (98°) 1:33 pm ↑ (259°) - 7:52 am (44.3°) 241,820 25.8%
4 3:04 am ↑ (105°) 1:59 pm ↑ (252°) - 8:35 am (38.6°) 244,394 17.2%
5 4:07 am ↑ (112°) 2:28 pm ↑ (245°) - 9:21 am (33.6°) 246,628 10.2%
6 5:09 am ↑ (118°) 3:01 pm ↑ (240°) - 10:08 am (29.4°) 248,516 5.0%
7 6:11 am ↑ (122°) 3:39 pm ↑ (237°) - 10:57 am (26.4°) 250,062 1.6%
8 7:10 am ↑ (125°) 4:23 pm ↑ (235°) - 11:48 am (24.6°) 251,261 0.2%
9 8:05 am ↑ (126°) 5:14 pm ↑ (234°) - 12:39 pm (24.2°) 252,090 0.8%
10 8:53 am ↑ (125°) 6:10 pm ↑ (236°) - 1:30 pm (25.2°) 252,503 3.2%
11 9:34 am ↑ (122°) 7:09 pm ↑ (239°) - 2:19 pm (27.4°) 252,434 7.4%
12 10:09 am ↑ (118°) 8:10 pm ↑ (244°) - 3:06 pm (30.8°) 251,812 13.2%
13 10:38 am ↑ (113°) 9:10 pm ↑ (250°) - 3:51 pm (35.1°) 250,568 20.5%
14 11:05 am ↑ (106°) 10:10 pm ↑ (257°) - 4:33 pm (40.2°) 248,655 28.9%
15 11:29 am ↑ (100°) 11:10 pm ↑ (264°) - 5:15 pm (45.8°) 246,068 38.4%
16 11:52 am ↑ (92°) - - 5:57 pm (51.8°) 242,854 48.5%
17 - 12:11 am ↑ (272°) 12:16 pm ↑ (85°) 6:39 pm (57.9°) 239,135 59.1%
18 - 1:14 am ↑ (279°) 12:41 pm ↑ (77°) 7:25 pm (64.1°) 235,106 69.6%
19 - 2:21 am ↑ (287°) 1:10 pm ↑ (70°) 8:15 pm (69.8°) 231,057 79.5%
20 - 3:32 am ↑ (294°) 1:46 pm ↑ (63°) 9:11 pm (74.8°) 227,323 88.2%
21 - 4:47 am ↑ (300°) 2:30 pm ↑ (58°) 10:12 pm (78.4°) 224,289 95.0%
22 - 6:02 am ↑ (304°) 3:25 pm ↑ (55°) 11:19 pm (80.0°) 222,305 99.0%
23 - 7:13 am ↑ (306°) 4:33 pm ↑ (55°) Moon does not pass the meridian on this day.
24 - 8:15 am ↑ (304°) 5:49 pm ↑ (58°) 12:27 am (79.3°) 221,613 99.8%
25 - 9:05 am ↑ (299°) 7:08 pm ↑ (64°) 1:32 am (76.3°) 222,287 97.2%
26 - 9:45 am ↑ (292°) 8:25 pm ↑ (71°) 2:33 am (71.6°) 224,217 91.6%
27 - 10:18 am ↑ (285°) 9:38 pm ↑ (79°) 3:28 am (65.6°) 227,149 83.6%
28 - 10:46 am ↑ (277°) 10:47 pm ↑ (87°) 4:18 am (59.1°) 230,717 73.9%
29 - 11:12 am ↑ (269°) 11:53 pm ↑ (96°) 5:04 am (52.5°) 234,590 63.3%
30 - 11:37 am ↑ (261°) - 5:49 am (46.1°) 238,435 52.4%
31 12:57 am ↑ (103°) 12:02 pm ↑ (254°) - 6:34 am (40.1°) 242,014 41.7%
* All times are local time for Palo Alto. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar. Illumination is calculated at lunar noon.

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