Thu, Oct 22

Moon phase today

Waxing gibbous

85% lit · 11.0 days since new moon

Not tonight. The next full moon is Mon, Oct 26, in 4 days.

Next new moon: Mon, Nov 9, in 18 days. The nights around it are the darkest for stargazing and meteors.

Moonrise and moonset in your city

All 423 cities ⌄

Full moons in the next 12 months

Full moon · Hunter's Moon
Mon, Oct 26 4:12 AM
Full moon · Beaver Moon · Supermoon
Tue, Nov 24 2:54 PM
Full moon · Cold Moon · Supermoon
Thu, Dec 24 1:28 AM
Full moon · Wolf Moon · Supermoon
Fri, Jan 22 12:17 PM
Full moon · Snow Moon
Sat, Feb 20 11:24 PM
Full moon · Worm Moon
Mon, Mar 22 10:44 AM
Full moon · Pink Moon
Tue, Apr 20 10:27 PM
Full moon · Flower Moon
Thu, May 20 10:59 AM
Full moon · Strawberry Moon
Sat, Jun 19 12:45 AM
Full moon · Buck Moon
Sun, Jul 18 3:45 PM
Full moon · Sturgeon Moon
Tue, Aug 17 7:29 AM
Full moon · Harvest Moon
Wed, Sep 15 11:04 PM
Full moon · Hunter's Moon
Fri, Oct 15 1:47 PM

Dates and times in UTC. The phase is the same everywhere on Earth; only the local clock differs.

Why the Moon changes shape

The Moon is always half lit by the Sun. What changes is how much of that sunlit half faces us as the Moon goes around Earth, once every 29.5 days.

After the new moon a thin crescent appears in the evening sky and grows (waxes) to first quarter and full. After full, it shrinks (wanes) and rises later each night, until it is only a crescent before dawn.

A supermoon is a full moon near the closest point of the Moon's orbit: about 7% bigger and 15% brighter than an average full moon, which is hard to notice by eye but lovely low on the horizon.

Calculated with Astronomy Engine (MIT license).