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Oceanside, CA sky calendar · December 2026

Full moon: Wed, Dec 23. New moon: Tue, Dec 8. Sunrise moves from 6:34 AM to 6:52 AM, sunset from 4:41 PM to 4:52 PM. 2 sky events this month (below). Times are local (PST).

DateSunriseSunsetMoonriseMoonsetMoon
Tue, Dec 16:34 AM4:41 PM—12:23 PMWaning crescent · 44%
Wed, Dec 26:35 AM4:41 PM12:37 AM12:50 PMWaning crescent · 34%
Thu, Dec 36:36 AM4:41 PM1:38 AM1:18 PMWaning crescent · 24%
Fri, Dec 46:37 AM4:41 PM2:38 AM1:46 PMWaning crescent · 16%
Sat, Dec 56:38 AM4:41 PM3:38 AM2:17 PMWaning crescent · 10%
Sun, Dec 66:38 AM4:41 PM4:38 AM2:52 PMWaning crescent · 5%
Mon, Dec 76:39 AM4:41 PM5:38 AM3:32 PMWaning crescent · 2%
Tue, Dec 86:40 AM4:41 PM6:36 AM4:18 PMNew moon · 0%
Wed, Dec 96:41 AM4:42 PM7:30 AM5:09 PMWaxing crescent · 1%
Thu, Dec 106:41 AM4:42 PM8:18 AM6:04 PMWaxing crescent · 3%
Fri, Dec 116:42 AM4:42 PM9:01 AM7:01 PMWaxing crescent · 7%
Sat, Dec 126:43 AM4:42 PM9:38 AM7:59 PMWaxing crescent · 12%
Sun, Dec 136:44 AM4:42 PM10:10 AM8:57 PMWaxing crescent · 19%
Mon, Dec 146:44 AM4:43 PM10:39 AM9:54 PMWaxing crescent · 27%
Tue, Dec 156:45 AM4:43 PM11:06 AM10:52 PMWaxing crescent · 36%
Wed, Dec 166:46 AM4:43 PM11:31 AM11:50 PMFirst quarter · 46%
Thu, Dec 176:46 AM4:44 PM11:58 AM—Waxing gibbous · 56%
Fri, Dec 186:47 AM4:44 PM12:26 PM12:50 AMWaxing gibbous · 66%
Sat, Dec 196:47 AM4:45 PM12:58 PM1:54 AMWaxing gibbous · 76%
Sun, Dec 206:48 AM4:45 PM1:36 PM3:02 AMWaxing gibbous · 85%
Mon, Dec 216:48 AM4:46 PM2:23 PM4:14 AMWaxing gibbous · 93%
Tue, Dec 226:49 AM4:46 PM3:20 PM5:28 AMWaxing gibbous · 98%
Wed, Dec 236:49 AM4:47 PM4:27 PM6:38 AMFull moon · 100%
Thu, Dec 246:50 AM4:47 PM5:42 PM7:41 AMWaning gibbous · 99%
Fri, Dec 256:50 AM4:48 PM6:59 PM8:33 AMWaning gibbous · 95%
Sat, Dec 266:50 AM4:48 PM8:12 PM9:16 AMWaning gibbous · 89%
Sun, Dec 276:51 AM4:49 PM9:22 PM9:52 AMWaning gibbous · 80%
Mon, Dec 286:51 AM4:50 PM10:28 PM10:24 AMWaning gibbous · 71%
Tue, Dec 296:51 AM4:50 PM11:30 PM10:52 AMWaning gibbous · 60%
Wed, Dec 306:52 AM4:51 PM—11:20 AMLast quarter · 50%
Thu, Dec 316:52 AM4:52 PM12:31 AM11:49 AMWaning crescent · 39%

Sky events this month

  • Sun, Dec 13Geminids meteor shower peakUp to about 150 meteors an hour under a perfectly dark sky · the Moon stays out of the way
  • Wed, Dec 23 5:28 PMFull moonSupermoon: a full moon close to Earth, slightly bigger and brighter

Month by month

Calculated with Astronomy Engine (MIT license).