Moon phase, moonrise and moonset times in Ames, Iowa, United States
Current local time 5:01:31 PM (UTC-6)
Today, December 11
- Moonset12:09 PMMoonrise11:46 PM
- Moon PhaseThird quarterIlumination51%
Tomorrow, December 12
- Moonset12:36 PM
- Moon PhaseWaning crescentIlumination41%
- Third Quarter11 December2:51 PM
- New Moon19 December7:43 PM
- First Quarter27 December1:10 PM
- Full Moon3 January4:03 AM
- Third Quarter10 January9:48 AM
December 2025 — Moon in Ames
| Icon | Date | Moonrise | Moonset | Moonrise | Moon phase | Illumination | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 1 | Mon | — | 3:40 AM | 2:42 PM | Waxing gibbous | 85% | |
| December 2 | Tue | — | 4:47 AM | 3:14 PM | Waxing gibbous | 93% | |
| December 3 | Wed | — | 5:54 AM | 3:50 PM | Waxing gibbous | 98% | |
| December 4 | Thu | — | 7:00 AM | 4:32 PM | Full moon | 100% | |
| December 5 | Fri | — | 8:02 AM | 5:21 PM | Waning gibbous | 99% | |
| December 6 | Sat | — | 8:59 AM | 6:17 PM | Waning gibbous | 95% | |
| December 7 | Sun | — | 9:50 AM | 7:20 PM | Waning gibbous | 89% | |
| December 8 | Mon | — | 10:32 AM | 8:25 PM | Waning gibbous | 81% | |
| December 9 | Tue | — | 11:09 AM | 9:33 PM | Waning gibbous | 72% | |
| December 10 | Wed | — | 11:41 AM | 10:40 PM | Waning gibbous | 62% | |
| December 11 | Thu | — | 12:09 PM | 11:46 PM | Third quarter | 51% | |
| December 12 | Fri | — | 12:36 PM | — | Waning crescent | 41% | |
| December 13 | Sat | 12:53 AM | 1:02 PM | — | Waning crescent | 32% | |
| December 14 | Sun | 1:59 AM | 1:29 PM | — | Waning crescent | 23% | |
| December 15 | Mon | 3:06 AM | 1:57 PM | — | Waning crescent | 16% | |
| December 16 | Tue | 4:13 AM | 2:30 PM | — | Waning crescent | 10% | |
| December 17 | Wed | 5:20 AM | 3:08 PM | — | Waning crescent | 5% | |
| December 18 | Thu | 6:25 AM | 3:52 PM | — | Waning crescent | 2% | |
| December 19 | Fri | 7:26 AM | 4:43 PM | — | New moon | 0% | |
| December 20 | Sat | 8:22 AM | 5:42 PM | — | Waxing crescent | 0% | |
| December 21 | Sun | 9:09 AM | 6:45 PM | — | Waxing crescent | 3% | |
| December 22 | Mon | 9:50 AM | 7:52 PM | — | Waxing crescent | 7% | |
| December 23 | Tue | 10:25 AM | 8:59 PM | — | Waxing crescent | 13% | |
| December 24 | Wed | 10:56 AM | 10:06 PM | — | Waxing crescent | 20% | |
| December 25 | Thu | 11:23 AM | 11:13 PM | — | Waxing crescent | 29% | |
| December 26 | Fri | — | — | 11:50 AM | Waxing crescent | 39% | |
| December 27 | Sat | — | 12:19 AM | 12:16 PM | First quarter | 50% | |
| December 28 | Sun | — | 1:25 AM | 12:43 PM | Waxing gibbous | 61% | |
| December 29 | Mon | — | 2:32 AM | 1:13 PM | Waxing gibbous | 72% | |
| December 30 | Tue | — | 3:40 AM | 1:47 PM | Waxing gibbous | 82% | |
| December 31 | Wed | — | 4:46 AM | 2:27 PM | Waxing gibbous | 90% |
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