Full Moon, December 23, 2026

Full Moon: December 23, 2026 at 8:29 PM in New York (24 Dec 2026, 01:28 UTC). At that moment Moon is 45° above the horizon in the E, as seen from New York.

The sky at that moment

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8:29 PMWed, Dec 23

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What happens

At full Moon the Moon is opposite the Sun in our sky, so the whole half facing Earth is lit. It rises around sunset and sets around sunrise.

Calculated with Astronomy Engine, an open-source library verified against the US Naval Observatory and NASA JPL. Data sources

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