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Wilmington, North Carolina, USA — Moonrise, Moonset, and Moon Phases, December 2025

Moon: 0.6%
Waning Crescent
Current Time: Dec 19, 2025 at 4:43:48 am
Moon Direction: 108° East
Moon Altitude: -26.1°
Moon Distance: 404,608 km
Next New Moon: Dec 19, 2025, 8:43 pm
Next Full Moon: Jan 3, 2026, 5:02 am
Next Moonrise: Today, 7:06 am

Moonrise, Moonset, and Phase Calendar for Wilmington, December 2025

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2025 Moonrise/Moonset Meridian Passing
Dec Moonrise Moonset Moonrise Time Distance (km) Illumination
1 - 2:59 am (282°) 2:21 pm (75°) 9:11 pm (70.0°) 362,207 87.8%
2 - 4:11 am (290°) 2:57 pm (67°) 10:07 pm (76.0°) 358,692 94.7%
3 - 5:27 am (297°) 3:41 pm (61°) 11:09 pm (80.7°) 357,049 98.8%
4 - 6:46 am (302°) 4:34 pm (57°) Moon does not pass the meridian on this day.
5 - 8:00 am (305°) 5:37 pm (55°) 12:15 am (83.4°) 357,534 99.7%
6 - 9:06 am (304°) 6:48 pm (57°) 1:23 am (83.8°) 360,149 97.3%
7 - 10:01 am (301°) 8:02 pm (61°) 2:28 am (81.9°) 364,593 91.9%
8 - 10:44 am (296°) 9:13 pm (67°) 3:28 am (78.1°) 370,366 84.2%
9 - 11:20 am (289°) 10:20 pm (74°) 4:21 am (73.1°) 376,827 74.9%
10 - 11:49 am (282°) 11:22 pm (81°) 5:09 am (67.3°) 383,423 64.8%
11 - 12:16 pm (275°) - 5:54 am (61.2°) 389,627 54.3%
12 12:22 am (89°) 12:40 pm (268°) - 6:35 am (55.0°) 395,081 44.0%
13 1:19 am (96°) 1:04 pm (261°) - 7:16 am (49.0°) 399,527 34.3%
14 2:16 am (103°) 1:29 pm (254°) - 7:56 am (43.4°) 402,855 25.3%
15 3:14 am (109°) 1:56 pm (248°) - 8:38 am (38.2°) 405,036 17.3%
16 4:12 am (115°) 2:27 pm (243°) - 9:22 am (33.8°) 406,136 10.7%
17 5:11 am (120°) 3:03 pm (239°) - 10:09 am (30.3°) 406,265 5.5%
18 6:09 am (123°) 3:45 pm (236°) - 10:58 am (27.9°) 405,556 2.0%
19 7:06 am (125°) 4:33 pm (235°) - 11:50 am (26.8°) 404,145 0.3%
20 7:58 am (125°) 5:28 pm (236°) - 12:42 pm (27.2°) 402,141 0.6%
21 8:44 am (123°) 6:28 pm (239°) - 1:34 pm (29.0°) 399,628 2.8%
22 9:24 am (119°) 7:30 pm (243°) - 2:24 pm (32.1°) 396,640 7.1%
23 9:59 am (114°) 8:32 pm (249°) - 3:12 pm (36.5°) 393,198 13.2%
24 10:30 am (108°) 9:34 pm (255°) - 3:58 pm (41.7°) 389,304 21.0%
25 10:57 am (101°) 10:37 pm (263°) - 4:43 pm (47.7°) 384,991 30.3%
26 11:24 am (93°) 11:39 pm (271°) - 5:27 pm (54.2°) 380,333 40.8%
27 11:51 am (85°) - - 6:12 pm (60.9°) 375,498 52.0%
28 - 12:44 am (279°) 12:19 pm (78°) 7:00 pm (67.5°) 370,747 63.4%
29 - 1:52 am (287°) 12:51 pm (70°) 7:52 pm (73.6°) 366,436 74.4%
30 - 3:03 am (294°) 1:30 pm (63°) 8:49 pm (78.7°) 362,990 84.3%
31 - 4:18 am (300°) 2:16 pm (58°) 9:52 pm (82.3°) 360,861 92.2%
* All times are local time for Wilmington. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar. Illumination is calculated at lunar noon.

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