The lunar month
The current lunation, new moon to new moon. Principal phases are ticked and dated; today's disc is ringed; hover or tap any disc for its date and illumination.
perigee Oct 28, 11:05 AM · apogee Oct 16, 3:55 PM
The moon now
Azimuth is the compass direction to it, measured clockwise from north: 90° is east, 180° south. Altitude is its height above the horizon: 0° on the horizon, 90° overhead, below zero after it has set.
Right ascension and declination place it on the sky’s own grid, the celestial longitude and latitude, fixed to the stars rather than to the ground. Transit is when it crosses the meridian, due south of here, at its highest for the day.
| Moonrise | 1:39 AM |
| Transit | 9:02 AM |
| Moonset | 4:14 PM |
| Azimuth | 335.7° |
| Altitude | -32.7° |
| Right ascension | 138.8° |
| Declination | 16.3° |
| Constellation | Cancer |
| Distance | 232,344.1 mi |
| Date | Moonrise | Moonset | Full |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1 | 10:10 PM | 12:55 PM | 70% |
| Oct 2 | 11:15 PM | 1:59 PM | 59% |
| Oct 3 | — | 2:53 PM | 47% |
| Oct 4 | 12:26 AM | 3:37 PM | 36% |
| Oct 5 | 1:39 AM | 4:14 PM | 26% |
| Oct 6 | 2:51 AM | 4:44 PM | 17% |
| Oct 7 | 4:01 AM | 5:11 PM | 9% |
| Oct 8 | 5:08 AM | 5:36 PM | 4% |
| Oct 9 | 6:13 AM | 6:01 PM | 1% |
| Oct 10 | 7:18 AM | 6:26 PM | 0% |
| Oct 11 | 8:22 AM | 6:54 PM | 2% |
| Oct 12 | 9:27 AM | 7:26 PM | 5% |
| Oct 13 | 10:30 AM | 8:03 PM | 10% |
| Oct 14 | 11:31 AM | 8:45 PM | 17% |
| Oct 15 | 12:27 PM | 9:34 PM | 24% |
| Oct 16 | 1:18 PM | 10:29 PM | 33% |
| Date | Moonrise | Moonset | Full |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 17 | 2:01 PM | 11:27 PM | 42% |
| Oct 18 | 2:38 PM | — | 51% |
| Oct 19 | 3:09 PM | 12:28 AM | 61% |
| Oct 20 | 3:37 PM | 1:30 AM | 70% |
| Oct 21 | 4:03 PM | 2:33 AM | 79% |
| Oct 22 | 4:27 PM | 3:36 AM | 87% |
| Oct 23 | 4:52 PM | 4:40 AM | 93% |
| Oct 24 | 5:18 PM | 5:47 AM | 97% |
| Oct 25 | 5:49 PM | 6:57 AM | 100% |
| Oct 26 | 6:24 PM | 8:10 AM | 99% |
| Oct 27 | 7:08 PM | 9:26 AM | 96% |
| Oct 28 | 8:02 PM | 10:41 AM | 91% |
| Oct 29 | 9:06 PM | 11:50 AM | 83% |
| Oct 30 | 10:17 PM | 12:49 PM | 73% |
| Oct 31 | 11:31 PM | 1:37 PM | 62% |