Moon phase, moonrise and moonset times in Bethesda, Maryland, United States
Current local time 11:05:22 AM (UTC-5)
Today, December 21
- Moonrise8:52 AMMoonset6:45 PM
- Moon PhaseWaxing crescentIlumination3%
Tomorrow, December 22
- Moonrise9:34 AMMoonset7:50 PM
- Moon PhaseWaxing crescentIlumination6%
- New Moon19 December8:43 PM
- First Quarter27 December2:10 PM
- Full Moon3 January5:03 AM
- Third Quarter10 January10:48 AM
- New Moon18 January2:52 PM
December 2025 — Moon in Bethesda
| Icon | Date | Moonrise | Moonset | Moonrise | Moon phase | Illumination | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 1 | Mon | — | 3:27 AM | 2:39 PM | Waxing gibbous | 85% | |
| December 2 | Tue | — | 4:32 AM | 3:12 PM | Waxing gibbous | 92% | |
| December 3 | Wed | — | 5:37 AM | 3:50 PM | Waxing gibbous | 98% | |
| December 4 | Thu | — | 6:42 AM | 4:33 PM | Full moon | 100% | |
| December 5 | Fri | — | 7:44 AM | 5:23 PM | Waning gibbous | 99% | |
| December 6 | Sat | — | 8:41 AM | 6:19 PM | Waning gibbous | 96% | |
| December 7 | Sun | — | 9:32 AM | 7:20 PM | Waning gibbous | 89% | |
| December 8 | Mon | — | 10:16 AM | 8:24 PM | Waning gibbous | 81% | |
| December 9 | Tue | — | 10:55 AM | 9:30 PM | Waning gibbous | 72% | |
| December 10 | Wed | — | 11:28 AM | 10:35 PM | Waning gibbous | 62% | |
| December 11 | Thu | — | 11:59 AM | 11:39 PM | Third quarter | 52% | |
| December 12 | Fri | — | 12:27 PM | — | Waning crescent | 42% | |
| December 13 | Sat | 12:43 AM | 12:56 PM | — | Waning crescent | 32% | |
| December 14 | Sun | 1:48 AM | 1:24 PM | — | Waning crescent | 24% | |
| December 15 | Mon | 2:52 AM | 1:55 PM | — | Waning crescent | 16% | |
| December 16 | Tue | 3:58 AM | 2:29 PM | — | Waning crescent | 10% | |
| December 17 | Wed | 5:03 AM | 3:08 PM | — | Waning crescent | 5% | |
| December 18 | Thu | 6:07 AM | 3:53 PM | — | Waning crescent | 2% | |
| December 19 | Fri | 7:08 AM | 4:45 PM | — | New moon | 0% | |
| December 20 | Sat | 8:03 AM | 5:43 PM | — | Waxing crescent | 0% | |
| December 21 | Sun | 8:52 AM | 6:45 PM | — | Waxing crescent | 3% | |
| December 22 | Mon | 9:34 AM | 7:50 PM | — | Waxing crescent | 6% | |
| December 23 | Tue | 10:11 AM | 8:55 PM | — | Waxing crescent | 12% | |
| December 24 | Wed | 10:44 AM | 10:00 PM | — | Waxing crescent | 20% | |
| December 25 | Thu | 11:14 AM | 11:05 PM | — | Waxing crescent | 28% | |
| December 26 | Fri | — | — | 11:42 AM | Waxing crescent | 38% | |
| December 27 | Sat | — | 12:09 AM | 12:10 PM | First quarter | 49% | |
| December 28 | Sun | — | 1:13 AM | 12:39 PM | Waxing gibbous | 60% | |
| December 29 | Mon | — | 2:18 AM | 1:11 PM | Waxing gibbous | 71% | |
| December 30 | Tue | — | 3:24 AM | 1:47 PM | Waxing gibbous | 81% | |
| December 31 | Wed | — | 4:29 AM | 2:27 PM | Waxing gibbous | 90% |
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