Moon phase tonight in Sortosville
First quarter
The moon over Sortosville is a first quarter, 50% illuminated and 8.0 days into its cycle.
Position calculated for 17:20 local time
Exactly half the disc is lit. The moon rises around midday and sets around midnight, and the shadows along the terminator make this one of the two best nights of the month for looking at craters.
The moon tonight in Sortosville
- Moonrise
- 16:11
- Moonset
- Does not set today
- Time above the horizon
- 8h 9m
- Altitude now
- 7.0°
- Direction now
- SE · 142°
- Phase
- First quarter
- Distance
- 402,818 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Brightness
- -10.0
The sun today in Sortosville
- Sunrise
- 08:31
- Sunset
- 19:09
- Solar noon
- 13:50
- Length of day
- 10h 38m
- Golden hour
- until 09:15, from 18:25
- Civil twilight
- 07:59 / 19:41
- Nautical twilight
- 07:21 / 20:18
- Astronomical twilight
- 06:44 / 20:55
Dark sky window tonight. Astronomical night runs from 20:55 to 06:46 — 9h 51m of true darkness, of which 6h 30m is also free of moonlight.
Upcoming moon phases
| Phase | Date and time | In | |
|---|---|---|---|
| First quarter | Sun 18 Oct, 18:13 | Today | |
| Full moon | Mon 26 Oct, 05:12 | 8 days | |
| Last quarter | Sun 1 Nov, 21:28 | 14 days | |
| New moon | Mon 9 Nov, 08:02 | 22 days | |
The last new moon was 8 days ago.
The next 30 nights
- Sun1848%First quarter
- Mon1957%
- Tue2067%
- Wed2176%
- Thu2284%
- Fri2391%
- Sat2496%
- Sun2599%
- Mon26100%Full moon
- Tue2798%
- Wed2893%
- Thu2986%
- Fri3077%
- Sat3166%
- Sun155%Last quarter
- Mon244%
- Tue333%
- Wed423%
- Thu515%
- Fri68%
- Sat74%
- Sun81%
- Mon90%New moon
- Tue101%
- Wed114%
- Thu129%
- Fri1315%
- Sat1422%
- Sun1531%
- Mon1640%
Illuminated fraction at local midday for each of the next thirty days. The four principal phases are marked.
Full moons ahead
| Date and time | Traditional name | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| 26 Oct 2026, 05:12 | Hunter’s MoonThe full moon after the Harvest Moon, when game was fattened for winter. | 368,859 km |
| 24 Nov 2026, 15:54 | Beaver MoonNovember — beavers finish their dams before the freeze. | 360,754 km |
| 24 Dec 2026, 02:28 | Cold MoonDecember — the long, cold nights around the solstice. | 356,729 kmSupermoon |
| 22 Jan 2027, 13:17 | Wolf MoonJanuary — named for the wolves heard howling in midwinter. | 357,635 kmSupermoon |
| 21 Feb 2027, 00:24 | Snow MoonFebruary — the month of the heaviest snowfall. | 363,296 km |
| 22 Mar 2027, 11:44 | Worm MoonMarch — earthworms reappear as the ground thaws. | 372,518 km |
A supermoon is a full moon within about 360,000 km of the Earth: roughly 7% wider and 15% brighter than average. A micromoon is a full moon near apogee, the far end of the orbit.
The moon’s orbit
- Next perigee (closest)
- Wed 28 Oct, 19:04 · 364,397 km
- Next apogee (farthest)
- Fri 13 Nov, 18:50 · 405,608 km
The moon’s orbit is an ellipse, so its distance swings by about 50,000 km every month. That is what makes one full moon look bigger than another.
Eclipses visible from Sortosville
Lunar eclipses
| Date | Type | Coverage | Height in the sky |
|---|---|---|---|
| 21 Feb 2027, 00:12 | Penumbral | 0% | 47° |
| 12 Jan 2028, 05:13 | Partial | 3% | 36° |
| 31 Dec 2028, 17:51 | Total | 100% | 5° |
Solar eclipses
| Date | Type | Coverage | Visible from |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Aug 2027, 10:57 | Partial | 49% | 09:59 – 11:59 |
| 1 Jun 2030, 07:18 | Partial | 50% | 06:22 – 08:18 |
| 20 Mar 2034, 11:15 | Partial | 0% | 11:06 – 11:24 |
Only eclipses that are actually above the horizon at Sortosville are listed — the same eclipse can be spectacular in one country and invisible in the next. Penumbral lunar eclipses darken the moon so slightly that most people looking up would not notice.
Worth looking at tonight?
Good for detail
The terminator — the line between lit and unlit — is on the disc tonight, and that is where craters and mountains cast long shadows. Point any pair of binoculars at it: this is when the surface looks three-dimensional.
Zodiac
- Sun in
- Libra
- Moon in
- Capricorn
The constellation each body sits in along the ecliptic, by the traditional 30° signs. Astronomical position, not a horoscope.
How these times are calculated
Every figure on this page is computed for Sortosville’s own coordinates (49.4794, -1.4328) from the standard VSOP87 and ELP planetary and lunar theories, then converted to local time with the current daylight-saving offset. Rise and set times include atmospheric refraction and are given for the moment the upper limb crosses a flat horizon at sea level — hills or buildings will shift them by a few minutes. Nothing here is fetched from a third party, so the numbers do not change between reloads.
The next full moon falls on Monday, 26 October 2026 local time. It is traditionally called the Hunter’s Moon. The next new moon falls on Monday, 9 November 2026 local time — the darkest night of the month, and the best one for stargazing.
