The final full moon of 2023, December's Cold Full Moon, will rise on Tuesday (Dec. 26) in time to catch the festive season but just missing Christmas Day.
According to In the Sky, the fully-illuminated Cold Moon will rise at around 3:05 p.m. EST (2005 GMT), with the sun setting at 16:33 EST (2133 GMT). The full moon will set at around 8:12 a.m. EST (1312 GMT) the following day after the sun has risen around an hour earlier at 7:16 a.m. EST (1216 GMT), meaning the Cold Moon will be visible for the entire night.
In the build-up to the final full moon of 2023, as the festive season approached, the moon has risen an hour earlier each day, and the portion of the illuminated lunar face has been growing, or "waxing." Following the Cold Moon and leading up to the first new moon of 2024, which falls on Jan. 11 and marks the first full lunar cycle of 2024, the moon will rise an hour later each day and will be visible for less and less of the night.
As this happens, the illuminated lunar face will recede, a progression that astronomers called "waning." By the time of the new moon, the lunar face will be completely dark, and the moon will rise at sunrise and set at sunset.
https://www.space.com/full-cold-moon-tonight-dec-26-2023
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