Full Moon December 2026 in Cancer: the Cold Moon
The full moon of December 2026 is exact on Thursday, December 24, 2026 at 01:28 UTC, with the Moon at 2°14' Cancer and the Sun at 2°13' Capricorn. Your time:
Status as of November 2, 2026: in 52 days.
What time is the December 2026 full moon?
At 01:28 UTC on December 24, 2026, which is Wed, Dec 23, 08:28 PM in New York and Wed, Dec 23, 05:28 PM in Los Angeles.
What sign is the December 2026 full moon in?
Cancer: the Moon is at 2°14' Cancer, opposite the Sun at 2°13' Capricorn.
What is the December 2026 full moon called?
The Cold Moon, the name given to December’s full moon in the North American naming tradition.
Is the December 2026 full moon a supermoon?
Yes: the Moon is 356,729 km from Earth at the exact moment, inside the 360,000 km supermoon line, and this is the closest full moon of 2026.
Is the December 2026 full moon an eclipse?
No: the Moon passes 3.89° north of the ecliptic, too far from the Sun–Earth line for Earth’s shadow to reach it.
When is the next full moon after December 2026?
On January 22, 2027 at 12:17 UTC, in Leo.
Computed details, December 24, 2026
| Exact time (UTC) | December 24, 2026, 01:28 UTC Your time: |
|---|---|
| Moon | ♋︎ 2°14' Cancer |
| Sun | ♑︎ 2°13' Capricorn |
| Name | Cold Moon The name given to December’s full moon. |
| Distance from Earth | 356,729 km (−27,671 km) |
| Apparent size | 33.5 arcminutes |
| Nearest perigee | December 24, 2026, 08:32 UTC · 356,641 km 0 d 7 h after |
| Distance from the ecliptic | 3.89° north |
| Closeness rank | 1 of 13 (2026) |
| Since the previous full moon | 29 d 11 h |
Local clock readings
| Place | Local time |
|---|---|
| Los Angeles | Wed, Dec 23, 05:28 PM |
| New York | Wed, Dec 23, 08:28 PM |
| London | Thu, Dec 24, 01:28 AM |
| India | Thu, Dec 24, 06:58 AM |
| Sydney | Thu, Dec 24, 12:28 PM |
What a full moon in Cancer means
With the Moon in Cancer and the Sun in Capricorn, this full moon lights the Cancer–Capricorn axis: what started at the new moon in Sagittarius on December 9, 2026 comes to a head. Cancer is a cardinal water sign ruled by the Moon; its keywords: protective, intuitive, loyal.
Feeling comes closer to the surface and home matters more than usual. People want to be looked after and notice when they are not. Kind days for family, cooking and rest; touchy days for criticism.
What it means for your sign: The house this lunation falls in for each of the 12 sun signs.
The instant is the same everywhere; only the clock reading changes. Distances are centre to centre. There is no official supermoon definition: here a supermoon is a full moon with the Moon within 360,000 km of Earth, a micromoon one beyond 405,000 km. Computed with astronomy-engine, tropical zodiac. Data: full-moon/2026.json (CC0 JSON).