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Santa Ana sky calendar · December 2026

Full moon: Wed, Dec 23. New moon: Tue, Dec 8. Sunrise moves from 6:38 AM to 6:56 AM, sunset from 4:42 PM to 4:53 PM. 2 sky events this month (below). Times are local (PST).

DateSunriseSunsetMoonriseMoonsetMoon
Tue, Dec 16:38 AM4:42 PM—12:25 PMWaning crescent · 44%
Wed, Dec 26:39 AM4:42 PM12:40 AM12:52 PMWaning crescent · 34%
Thu, Dec 36:39 AM4:42 PM1:40 AM1:19 PMWaning crescent · 24%
Fri, Dec 46:40 AM4:42 PM2:41 AM1:48 PMWaning crescent · 16%
Sat, Dec 56:41 AM4:42 PM3:41 AM2:18 PMWaning crescent · 10%
Sun, Dec 66:42 AM4:42 PM4:42 AM2:53 PMWaning crescent · 5%
Mon, Dec 76:43 AM4:42 PM5:42 AM3:33 PMWaning crescent · 2%
Tue, Dec 86:43 AM4:42 PM6:40 AM4:19 PMNew moon · 0%
Wed, Dec 96:44 AM4:43 PM7:34 AM5:10 PMWaxing crescent · 1%
Thu, Dec 106:45 AM4:43 PM8:22 AM6:05 PMWaxing crescent · 3%
Fri, Dec 116:46 AM4:43 PM9:05 AM7:02 PMWaxing crescent · 7%
Sat, Dec 126:46 AM4:43 PM9:41 AM8:01 PMWaxing crescent · 12%
Sun, Dec 136:47 AM4:43 PM10:13 AM8:59 PMWaxing crescent · 19%
Mon, Dec 146:48 AM4:44 PM10:42 AM9:56 PMWaxing crescent · 27%
Tue, Dec 156:48 AM4:44 PM11:08 AM10:54 PMWaxing crescent · 36%
Wed, Dec 166:49 AM4:44 PM11:34 AM11:52 PMFirst quarter · 46%
Thu, Dec 176:50 AM4:45 PM12:00 PM—Waxing gibbous · 56%
Fri, Dec 186:50 AM4:45 PM12:28 PM12:53 AMWaxing gibbous · 66%
Sat, Dec 196:51 AM4:46 PM12:59 PM1:57 AMWaxing gibbous · 76%
Sun, Dec 206:51 AM4:46 PM1:37 PM3:05 AMWaxing gibbous · 85%
Mon, Dec 216:52 AM4:47 PM2:23 PM4:18 AMWaxing gibbous · 93%
Tue, Dec 226:52 AM4:47 PM3:20 PM5:32 AMWaxing gibbous · 98%
Wed, Dec 236:53 AM4:48 PM4:28 PM6:42 AMFull moon · 100%
Thu, Dec 246:53 AM4:48 PM5:43 PM7:45 AMWaning gibbous · 99%
Fri, Dec 256:54 AM4:49 PM7:00 PM8:37 AMWaning gibbous · 95%
Sat, Dec 266:54 AM4:49 PM8:14 PM9:20 AMWaning gibbous · 89%
Sun, Dec 276:54 AM4:50 PM9:24 PM9:55 AMWaning gibbous · 80%
Mon, Dec 286:55 AM4:51 PM10:30 PM10:26 AMWaning gibbous · 71%
Tue, Dec 296:55 AM4:51 PM11:33 PM10:55 AMWaning gibbous · 60%
Wed, Dec 306:55 AM4:52 PM—11:22 AMLast quarter · 50%
Thu, Dec 316:56 AM4:53 PM12:34 AM11:50 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).