Moon phases, December 2028

Full Moon 2 Dec, 01:40 UTC · Last Quarter 9 Dec, 05:38 UTC · New Moon 16 Dec, 02:06 UTC · First Quarter 23 Dec, 21:44 UTC · Full Moon 31 Dec, 16:48 UTC

The full Moon of 2 December is traditionally called the Cold Moon. It is 389,147 km from Earth.

The full Moon of 31 December is traditionally called the Cold Moon, though as the month's second full Moon it is also a "blue Moon". It is 377,603 km from Earth.

1 100%

2 100% Full Moon

3 98%

4 94%

5 87%

6 79%

7 69%

8 58%

9 47% Last Quarter

10 36%

11 25%

12 16%

13 8%

14 3%

15 0%

16 0% New Moon

17 2%

18 7%

19 12%

20 20%

21 28%

22 37%

23 46% First Quarter

24 56%

25 65%

26 74%

27 82%

28 89%

29 94%

30 98%

31 100% Full Moon

Illumination at 12:00 UTC each day, drawn as seen from the northern hemisphere. For moonrise and moonset where you are, open your city page.

Full Moon times around the world

Phase	New York	London	Delhi	Tokyo	Sydney
Full Moon	Fri 1 Dec 20:40	Sat 2 Dec 01:40	Sat 2 Dec 07:10	Sat 2 Dec 10:40	Sat 2 Dec 12:40
Last Quarter	Sat 9 Dec 00:38	Sat 9 Dec 05:38	Sat 9 Dec 11:08	Sat 9 Dec 14:38	Sat 9 Dec 16:38
New Moon	Fri 15 Dec 21:06	Sat 16 Dec 02:06	Sat 16 Dec 07:36	Sat 16 Dec 11:06	Sat 16 Dec 13:06
First Quarter	Sat 23 Dec 16:44	Sat 23 Dec 21:44	Sun 24 Dec 03:14	Sun 24 Dec 06:44	Sun 24 Dec 08:44
Full Moon	Sun 31 Dec 11:48	Sun 31 Dec 16:48	Sun 31 Dec 22:18	Mon 1 Jan 01:48	Mon 1 Jan 03:48

Also in the sky in December 2028

Sun 3 Dec, 20:28 UTC Uranus at opposition
Mon 11 Dec, 12:21 UTC Moon at perigee 369,020 km
Thu 14 Dec, 01:57 UTC Geminids peak (up to 150/h; Moon 5%)
Thu 21 Dec, 08:19 UTC December solstice
Fri 22 Dec, 10:19 UTC Ursids peak (up to 10/h; Moon 36%)
Sat 23 Dec, 21:00 UTC Moon at apogee 404,448 km
Sun 31 Dec, 00:43 UTC Mercury greatest evening elongation (19.6°)
Sun 31 Dec, 16:52 UTC Total lunar eclipse

Close approaches are geocentric separations under 3°; from your location the Moon's position can differ by up to about 1°.