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Portsmouth, Virginia, USA — Moonrise, Moonset, and Moon Phases, December 2026

Moon: 88.5%
Waning Gibbous
Current Time: Feb 4, 2026 at 9:02:44 pm
Moon Direction: 92° East
Moon Altitude: 2.6°
Moon Distance: 240,147 mi
Next New Moon: Feb 17, 2026, 7:01 am
Next Full Moon: Mar 3, 2026, 6:37 am
Next Moonset: Tomorrow, 8:58 am

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

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2026 Moonrise/Moonset Meridian Passing
Dec Moonrise Moonset Moonrise Time Distance (mi) Illumination
1 - 12:37 pm (275°) - 6:14 am (58.3°) 235,400 47.8%
2 12:46 am (89°) 1:02 pm (267°) - 6:59 am (51.9°) 238,543 36.9%
3 1:49 am (97°) 1:27 pm (260°) - 7:43 am (45.7°) 241,469 27.0%
4 2:51 am (104°) 1:53 pm (253°) - 8:26 am (39.9°) 244,084 18.2%
5 3:54 am (111°) 2:22 pm (246°) - 9:11 am (34.8°) 246,363 11.0%
6 4:56 am (117°) 2:54 pm (241°) - 9:58 am (30.5°) 248,294 5.6%
7 5:58 am (121°) 3:32 pm (237°) - 10:47 am (27.3°) 249,885 1.9%
8 6:57 am (124°) 4:16 pm (235°) - 11:38 am (25.4°) 251,128 0.3%
9 7:52 am (125°) 5:06 pm (235°) - 12:29 pm (24.8°) 252,007 0.6%
10 8:41 am (125°) 6:02 pm (236°) - 1:20 pm (25.6°) 252,475 2.8%
11 9:23 am (122°) 7:00 pm (239°) - 2:10 pm (27.7°) 252,472 6.8%
12 9:59 am (118°) 8:00 pm (244°) - 2:57 pm (31.0°) 251,925 12.4%
13 10:30 am (113°) 9:00 pm (249°) - 3:42 pm (35.2°) 250,762 19.5%
14 10:57 am (107°) 9:59 pm (256°) - 4:24 pm (40.1°) 248,936 27.8%
15 11:22 am (100°) 10:59 pm (263°) - 5:06 pm (45.7°) 246,433 37.1%
16 11:45 am (93°) 11:59 pm (271°) - 5:48 pm (51.6°) 243,296 47.2%
17 12:09 pm (86°) - - 6:30 pm (57.8°) 239,630 57.7%
18 - 1:02 am (278°) 12:35 pm (78°) 7:16 pm (63.9°) 235,628 68.3%
19 - 2:07 am (286°) 1:04 pm (71°) 8:05 pm (69.8°) 231,563 78.3%
20 - 3:18 am (293°) 1:39 pm (64°) 9:00 pm (74.8°) 227,770 87.2%
21 - 4:32 am (299°) 2:22 pm (59°) 10:01 pm (78.6°) 224,624 94.2%
22 - 5:47 am (304°) 3:16 pm (55°) 11:07 pm (80.5°) 222,489 98.6%
23 - 6:59 am (305°) 4:23 pm (55°) Moon does not pass the meridian on this day.
24 - 8:02 am (304°) 5:38 pm (58°) 12:15 am (80.1°) 221,625 99.9%
25 - 8:54 am (299°) 6:57 pm (63°) 1:21 am (77.4°) 222,128 97.7%
26 - 9:35 am (293°) 8:14 pm (70°) 2:22 am (72.9°) 223,910 92.5%
27 - 10:09 am (286°) 9:26 pm (78°) 3:17 am (67.1°) 226,733 84.8%
28 - 10:39 am (278°) 10:35 pm (86°) 4:08 am (60.6°) 230,238 75.2%
29 - 11:05 am (270°) 11:41 pm (95°) 4:55 am (54.0°) 234,092 64.7%
30 - 11:30 am (262°) - 5:40 am (47.5°) 237,955 53.8%
31 12:44 am (102°) 11:56 am (255°) - 6:25 am (41.5°) 241,581 43.1%
* All times are local time for Portsmouth. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar. Illumination is calculated at lunar noon.

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