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London sky calendar · December 2026

Full moon: Thu, Dec 24. New moon: Wed, Dec 9. Sunrise moves from 7:43 AM to 8:06 AM, sunset from 3:54 PM to 4:00 PM. 2 sky events this month (below). Times are local (GMT).

DateSunriseSunsetMoonriseMoonsetMoon
Tue, Dec 17:43 AM3:54 PM—12:38 PMLast quarter · 47%
Wed, Dec 27:45 AM3:54 PM12:23 AM12:50 PMWaning crescent · 37%
Thu, Dec 37:46 AM3:53 PM1:40 AM1:03 PMWaning crescent · 27%
Fri, Dec 47:47 AM3:53 PM2:56 AM1:16 PMWaning crescent · 19%
Sat, Dec 57:49 AM3:52 PM4:12 AM1:31 PMWaning crescent · 12%
Sun, Dec 67:50 AM3:52 PM5:28 AM1:50 PMWaning crescent · 6%
Mon, Dec 77:51 AM3:52 PM6:42 AM2:15 PMWaning crescent · 2%
Tue, Dec 87:52 AM3:51 PM7:51 AM2:50 PMWaning crescent · 0%
Wed, Dec 97:53 AM3:51 PM8:52 AM3:35 PMNew moon · 0%
Thu, Dec 107:54 AM3:51 PM9:40 AM4:33 PMWaxing crescent · 2%
Fri, Dec 117:55 AM3:51 PM10:16 AM5:39 PMWaxing crescent · 5%
Sat, Dec 127:56 AM3:51 PM10:43 AM6:50 PMWaxing crescent · 10%
Sun, Dec 137:57 AM3:51 PM11:03 AM8:02 PMWaxing crescent · 17%
Mon, Dec 147:58 AM3:51 PM11:19 AM9:15 PMWaxing crescent · 24%
Tue, Dec 157:59 AM3:51 PM11:32 AM10:27 PMWaxing crescent · 33%
Wed, Dec 168:00 AM3:51 PM11:43 AM11:40 PMWaxing crescent · 43%
Thu, Dec 178:01 AM3:51 PM11:55 AM—First quarter · 53%
Fri, Dec 188:01 AM3:52 PM12:07 PM12:55 AMWaxing gibbous · 63%
Sat, Dec 198:02 AM3:52 PM12:22 PM2:14 AMWaxing gibbous · 73%
Sun, Dec 208:03 AM3:52 PM12:41 PM3:38 AMWaxing gibbous · 82%
Mon, Dec 218:03 AM3:53 PM1:08 PM5:07 AMWaxing gibbous · 90%
Tue, Dec 228:04 AM3:53 PM1:49 PM6:35 AMWaxing gibbous · 96%
Wed, Dec 238:04 AM3:54 PM2:48 PM7:55 AMWaxing gibbous · 99%
Thu, Dec 248:05 AM3:55 PM4:07 PM8:56 AMFull moon · 100%
Fri, Dec 258:05 AM3:55 PM5:39 PM9:39 AMWaning gibbous · 97%
Sat, Dec 268:05 AM3:56 PM7:13 PM10:07 AMWaning gibbous · 91%
Sun, Dec 278:05 AM3:57 PM8:42 PM10:28 AMWaning gibbous · 83%
Mon, Dec 288:06 AM3:58 PM10:07 PM10:44 AMWaning gibbous · 74%
Tue, Dec 298:06 AM3:59 PM11:27 PM10:57 AMWaning gibbous · 64%
Wed, Dec 308:06 AM3:59 PM—11:09 AMLast quarter · 53%
Thu, Dec 318:06 AM4:00 PM12:45 AM11:22 AMWaning crescent · 43%

Sky events this month

  • Mon, Dec 14Geminids meteor shower peakUp to about 150 meteors an hour under a perfectly dark sky · the Moon stays out of the way
  • Thu, Dec 24 1:28 AMFull moonSupermoon: a full moon close to Earth, slightly bigger and brighter

Month by month

Calculated with Astronomy Engine (MIT license).