The Cold Moon is full on 24 December. Watch it rise in the east as the sun goes down.
It rises full on the evening of 23 December in the Americas, Africa and most of Europe, and of 24 December in most of Asia and Oceania. The Cold Moon is December’s full moon, by the names North American almanacs give each month’s. It is 356,740 km away, near enough to count as a supermoon.
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The Americas
Atlanta23 Dec · rises 5:07 PM in the east-north-east · full at 8:28 PM
Austin23 Dec · rises 5:15 PM in the east-north-east · full at 7:28 PM
Bogotá23 Dec · rises 5:39 PM in the east-north-east · full at 8:28 PM
Boston23 Dec · rises 3:38 PM in the north-east · full at 8:28 PM
Buenos Aires23 Dec · rises 8:11 PM in the north-east · full at 10:28 PM
Chicago23 Dec · rises 3:50 PM in the north-east · full at 7:28 PM
Dallas23 Dec · rises 5:03 PM in the east-north-east · full at 7:28 PM
Denver23 Dec · rises 4:12 PM in the north-east · full at 6:28 PM
Houston23 Dec · rises 5:06 PM in the east-north-east · full at 7:28 PM
Las Vegas23 Dec · rises 4:08 PM in the north-east · full at 5:28 PM
Lima23 Dec · rises 6:28 PM in the east-north-east · full at 8:28 PM
Los Angeles23 Dec · rises 4:29 PM in the east-north-east · full at 5:28 PM
Mexico City23 Dec · rises 5:50 PM in the east-north-east · full at 7:28 PM
Miami23 Dec · rises 5:14 PM in the east-north-east · full at 8:28 PM
Minneapolis23 Dec · rises 3:59 PM in the north-east · full at 7:28 PM
Montréal23 Dec · rises 3:34 PM in the north-east · full at 8:28 PM
Nashville23 Dec · rises 4:09 PM in the north-east · full at 7:28 PM
New Orleans23 Dec · rises 4:43 PM in the east-north-east · full at 7:28 PM
New York23 Dec · rises 3:58 PM in the north-east · full at 8:28 PM
Philadelphia23 Dec · rises 4:06 PM in the north-east · full at 8:28 PM
Phoenix23 Dec · rises 5:05 PM in the east-north-east · full at 6:28 PM
Portland23 Dec · rises 4:00 PM in the north-east · full at 5:28 PM
Rio de Janeiro23 Dec · rises 6:33 PM in the east-north-east · full at 10:28 PM
Salt Lake City23 Dec · rises 4:37 PM in the north-east · full at 6:28 PM
San Diego23 Dec · rises 4:28 PM in the east-north-east · full at 5:28 PM
San Francisco23 Dec · rises 4:33 PM in the north-east · full at 5:28 PM
Santiago23 Dec · rises 8:59 PM in the east-north-east · full at 10:28 PM
São Paulo23 Dec · rises 6:49 PM in the east-north-east · full at 10:28 PM
Seattle23 Dec · rises 3:47 PM in the north-east · full at 5:28 PM
Toronto23 Dec · rises 4:07 PM in the north-east · full at 8:28 PM
Vancouver23 Dec · rises 3:40 PM in the north-east · full at 5:28 PM
Washington, DC23 Dec · rises 4:18 PM in the north-east · full at 8:28 PM
Europe
Amsterdam23 Dec · rises 3:20 PM in the north-east · full at 2:28 AM on 24 Dec
Athens23 Dec · rises 4:19 PM in the north-east · full at 3:28 AM on 24 Dec
Barcelona23 Dec · rises 4:35 PM in the north-east · full at 2:28 AM on 24 Dec
Berlin23 Dec · rises 2:43 PM in the north-east · full at 2:28 AM on 24 Dec
Brussels23 Dec · rises 3:34 PM in the north-east · full at 2:28 AM on 24 Dec
Copenhagen23 Dec · rises 2:18 PM in the north-east · full at 2:28 AM on 24 Dec
Dublin23 Dec · rises 2:59 PM in the north-east · full at 1:28 AM on 24 Dec
Edinburgh23 Dec · rises 2:21 PM in the north-east · full at 1:28 AM on 24 Dec
Hamburg23 Dec · rises 2:49 PM in the north-east · full at 2:28 AM on 24 Dec
Helsinki24 Dec · rises 2:51 PM in the north-north-east · full at 3:28 AM
Istanbul23 Dec · rises 4:44 PM in the north-east · full at 4:28 AM on 24 Dec
Lisbon23 Dec · rises 4:34 PM in the north-east · full at 1:28 AM on 24 Dec
London23 Dec · rises 2:48 PM in the north-east · full at 1:28 AM on 24 Dec
Madrid23 Dec · rises 5:04 PM in the north-east · full at 2:28 AM on 24 Dec
Milan23 Dec · rises 3:46 PM in the north-east · full at 2:28 AM on 24 Dec
Moscow24 Dec · rises 3:53 PM in the north-east · full at 4:28 AM
Munich23 Dec · rises 3:21 PM in the north-east · full at 2:28 AM on 24 Dec
Nice23 Dec · rises 4:03 PM in the north-east · full at 2:28 AM on 24 Dec
Oslo24 Dec · rises 2:56 PM in the north-north-east · full at 2:28 AM
Paris23 Dec · rises 3:56 PM in the north-east · full at 2:28 AM on 24 Dec
Porto23 Dec · rises 4:21 PM in the north-east · full at 1:28 AM on 24 Dec
Prague23 Dec · rises 2:57 PM in the north-east · full at 2:28 AM on 24 Dec
Reykjavík25 Dec · rises 5:15 PM in the north-north-east · full at 1:28 AM on 24 Dec
Rome23 Dec · rises 3:50 PM in the north-east · full at 2:28 AM on 24 Dec
Stockholm24 Dec · rises 2:34 PM in the north-north-east · full at 2:28 AM
Venice23 Dec · rises 3:33 PM in the north-east · full at 2:28 AM on 24 Dec
Vienna23 Dec · rises 3:01 PM in the north-east · full at 2:28 AM on 24 Dec
Warsaw23 Dec · rises 2:14 PM in the north-east · full at 2:28 AM on 24 Dec
Zürich23 Dec · rises 3:39 PM in the north-east · full at 2:28 AM on 24 Dec
Africa
Cairo23 Dec · rises 4:14 PM in the east-north-east · full at 3:28 AM on 24 Dec
Cape Town23 Dec · rises 7:48 PM in the north-east · full at 3:28 AM on 24 Dec
Lagos23 Dec · rises 6:10 PM in the east-north-east · full at 2:28 AM on 24 Dec
Marrakesh23 Dec · rises 5:54 PM in the east-north-east · full at 2:28 AM on 24 Dec
Nairobi23 Dec · rises 6:07 PM in the east-north-east · full at 4:28 AM on 24 Dec
Asia
Bali24 Dec · rises 7:02 PM in the east-north-east · full at 9:28 AM
Bangkok24 Dec · rises 6:16 PM in the east-north-east · full at 8:28 AM
Beijing24 Dec · rises 4:55 PM in the north-east · full at 9:28 AM
Bengaluru24 Dec · rises 6:24 PM in the east-north-east · full at 6:58 AM
Delhi24 Dec · rises 5:47 PM in the east-north-east · full at 6:58 AM
Hong Kong24 Dec · rises 5:58 PM in the east-north-east · full at 9:28 AM
Kyoto24 Dec · rises 4:51 PM in the east-north-east · full at 10:28 AM
Mumbai24 Dec · rises 6:30 PM in the east-north-east · full at 6:58 AM
Osaka24 Dec · rises 4:53 PM in the east-north-east · full at 10:28 AM
Seoul24 Dec · rises 5:19 PM in the north-east · full at 10:28 AM
Shanghai24 Dec · rises 5:03 PM in the east-north-east · full at 9:28 AM
Singapore24 Dec · rises 7:29 PM in the east-north-east · full at 9:28 AM
Taipei24 Dec · rises 5:20 PM in the east-north-east · full at 9:28 AM
Tel Aviv23 Dec · rises 3:53 PM in the east-north-east · full at 3:28 AM on 24 Dec
Tokyo24 Dec · rises 4:32 PM in the east-north-east · full at 10:28 AM
Oceania
Auckland24 Dec · rises 9:09 PM in the north-east · full at 2:28 PM
Brisbane24 Dec · rises 7:10 PM in the east-north-east · full at 11:28 AM
Honolulu23 Dec · rises 5:52 PM in the east-north-east · full at 3:28 PM
Melbourne24 Dec · rises 9:16 PM in the north-east · full at 12:28 PM
Perth24 Dec · rises 7:58 PM in the east-north-east · full at 9:28 AM
Sydney24 Dec · rises 8:37 PM in the east-north-east · full at 12:28 PM
How it is worked out
The nameThe Cold Moon is December’s full moon, by the names North American almanacs give each month’s. The names here follow the calendar in UTC, so near a month’s end a full moon can carry the next month’s name in the Americas.
FullFull is the instant the moon stands opposite the sun, worked out from Meeus’s lunar theory to the minute.
The evening it rises fullOf the moonrises on the day it is full and the days either side, the one nearest that instant: the moon’s upper edge clearing a level horizon, as on the moon pages.
A supermoonA full moon nearer than 363,000 km, the almanacs’ rule.
The other full moons
The Hunter's Moon26 October 2026 The Beaver Moon24 November 2026 The Wolf Moon22 January 2027 The Snow Moon20 February 2027 The Worm Moon22 March 2027 The Pink Moon20 April 2027 The Flower Moon20 May 2027 The Strawberry Moon19 June 2027 The Buck Moon18 July 2027 The Sturgeon Moon17 August 2027 The Harvest Moon15 September 2027 The Corn Moon3 September 2028Make time for the light.
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