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Lunar Calendar Greenland 2026 › Moon Greenland December 2026

Lunar Calendar Month December 2026 (Greenland)

The Moon is the only natural satellite of the Earth and the fifth largest moon in the Solar System. It is the largest natural satellite in the solar system relative to the size of its planet. The following is information specific for Nuuk, Greenland during December 2026.

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Date and time of moon phases

The information in the following table comes from calculations published by the Astronomical Applications Department of the U.S. Naval Observatory.

Moon phasesDatesTime
3rd quarter2026-12-0104:08
new moon2026-12-0822:52
1st quarter2026-12-1703:42
full moon2026-12-2323:28
3rd quarter2026-12-3016:59

Apogee and perigee of the Moon

The following table shows the dates of perigee and apogee of the Moon during December 2026.

PositionDatesTimeDistanceNotes
Apogee2026-12-1104:47406,420 kmMaximum apogee in 2026!
Perigee2026-12-2406:31356,649 kmMaximum perigee in 2026!

Moon-Planet Conjunctions

A Moon-planet conjunction occurs when an astronomical object has either the same, or nearly the same, right ascension or the same ecliptic longitude of that of the Moon, as observed from Earth.

Astronomical ObjectsDate and Time
Spica2026-12-04 16:36
Pleiades2026-12-21 20:37
Beehive2026-12-26 06:52
Jupiter2026-12-27 15:32
Regulus2026-12-27 20:44

Illumination of the Moon

The following table depicts the illumination of the Moon, calculated at 00:00, throughtout the 31 days of December 2026.

December 2026
wMondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFridaySaturdaySunday
Week 49
30 Monday
 
1Tuesday
 
52% illuminated
Age: 22
2Wednesday
 
41.2% illuminated
Age: 23
3Thursday
 
31.1% illuminated
Age: 24
4Friday
 
22% illuminated
Age: 24.9
5Saturday
 
14.2% illuminated
Age: 25.9
6Sunday
 
8% illuminated
Age: 26.8
Week 50
7Monday
 
3.5% illuminated
Age: 27.8
8Tuesday
 
0.8% illuminated
Age: 28.7
9Wednesday
 
0% illuminated
Age: 0
10Thursday
 
1% illuminated
Age: 0.9
11Friday
 
3.7% illuminated
Age: 1.8
12Saturday
 
8.1% illuminated
Age: 2.7
13Sunday
 
14% illuminated
Age: 3.6
Week 51
14Monday
 
21.2% illuminated
Age: 4.5
15Tuesday
 
29.5% illuminated
Age: 5.4
16Wednesday
 
38.7% illuminated
Age: 6.3
17Thursday
 
48.6% illuminated
Age: 7.3
18Friday
 
58.9% illuminated
Age: 8.2
19Saturday
 
69.1% illuminated
Age: 9.2
20Sunday
 
78.8% illuminated
Age: 10.3
Week 52
21Monday
 
87.3% illuminated
Age: 11.3
22Tuesday
 
94.1% illuminated
Age: 12.5
23Wednesday
 
98.5% illuminated
Age: 13.6
24Thursday
 
100% illuminated
Age: 14.8
25Friday
 
98.4% illuminated
Age: 15.9
26Saturday
 
94% illuminated
Age: 17.1
27Sunday
 
87% illuminated
Age: 18.2
Week 53
28Monday
 
78.1% illuminated
Age: 19.3
29Tuesday
 
68.1% illuminated
Age: 20.4
30Wednesday
 
57.6% illuminated
Age: 21.4
31Thursday
 
47.1% illuminated
Age: 22.4
1 Friday
 
2 Saturday
 
3 Sunday
 
4 Monday
 
5 Tuesday
 
6 Wednesday
 
7 Thursday
 
8 Friday
 
9 Saturday
 
10 Sunday
 
11 Monday
 
12 Tuesday
 
13 Wednesday
 
14 Thursday
 
15 Friday
 
16 Saturday
 
17 Sunday
 
Content last updated on 2018-10-21T17:33:00Z