Moon phase tonight in Rochester
New moon
The moon over Rochester is a new moon, 0% illuminated and 29.2 days into its cycle.
Position calculated for 03:14 local time
The moon sits between the Earth and the sun, so its lit side faces away from us. It rises and sets with the sun and is invisible — which makes these the darkest nights of the month for stargazing.
The moon tonight in Rochester
- Moonrise
- 07:22
- Moonset
- 18:15
- Time above the horizon
- 10h 53m
- Altitude now
- -41.1°
- Direction now
- NE · 56°
- Phase
- New moon
- Distance
- 386,438 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Brightness
- -4.4
The sun today in Rochester
- Sunrise
- 07:18
- Sunset
- 18:34
- Solar noon
- 12:56
- Length of day
- 11h 16m
- Golden hour
- until 07:57, from 17:55
- Civil twilight
- 06:49 / 19:03
- Nautical twilight
- 06:16 / 19:36
- Astronomical twilight
- 05:42 / 20:10
Dark sky window tonight. Astronomical night runs from 20:10 to 05:43, 9h 34m of darkness with the moon below the horizon throughout — the best kind of night for faint objects.
Upcoming moon phases
| Phase | Date and time | In | |
|---|---|---|---|
| New moon | Sat 10 Oct, 10:50 | Today | |
| First quarter | Sun 18 Oct, 11:13 | 8 days | |
| Full moon | Sun 25 Oct, 23:12 | 16 days | |
| Last quarter | Sun 1 Nov, 14:28 | 23 days | |
The last last quarter was 7 days ago.
The next 30 nights
- Sat100%New moon
- Sun111%
- Mon125%
- Tue1310%
- Wed1416%
- Thu1524%
- Fri1632%
- Sat1741%
- Sun1850%First quarter
- Mon1960%
- Tue2069%
- Wed2178%
- Thu2286%
- Fri2392%
- Sat2497%
- Sun25100%Full moon
- Mon2699%
- Tue2797%
- Wed2891%
- Thu2983%
- Fri3074%
- Sat3163%
- Sun152%Last quarter
- Mon241%
- Tue330%
- Wed421%
- Thu513%
- Fri67%
- Sat73%
- Sun81%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 25 Oct 2026, 23:12 | Hunter’s MoonThe full moon after the Harvest Moon, when game was fattened for winter. | 368,859 km |
| 24 Nov 2026, 08:54 | Beaver MoonNovember — beavers finish their dams before the freeze. | 360,754 km |
| 23 Dec 2026, 19:28 | Cold MoonDecember — the long, cold nights around the solstice. | 356,729 kmSupermoon |
| 22 Jan 2027, 06:17 | Wolf MoonJanuary — named for the wolves heard howling in midwinter. | 357,635 kmSupermoon |
| 20 Feb 2027, 17:24 | Snow MoonFebruary — the month of the heaviest snowfall. | 363,296 km |
| 22 Mar 2027, 05:44 | 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, 13:04 · 364,397 km
- Next apogee (farthest)
- Fri 16 Oct, 17:54 · 404,632 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 Rochester
Lunar eclipses
| Date | Type | Coverage | Height in the sky |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17 Aug 2027, 02:13 | Penumbral | 0% | 31° |
| 11 Jan 2028, 22:13 | Partial | 3% | 56° |
| 25 Jun 2029, 22:22 | Total | 100% | 11° |
Solar eclipses
| Date | Type | Coverage | Visible from |
|---|---|---|---|
| 26 Jan 2028, 08:28 | Partial | 1% | 08:03 – 08:54 |
| 14 Jan 2029, 11:18 | Partial | 64% | 09:48 – 12:50 |
| 14 Nov 2031, 16:06 | Partial | 0% | 16:01 – 16:10 |
Only eclipses that are actually above the horizon at Rochester 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?
Effectively invisible
The moon is too close to the sun in the sky to be seen. That makes tonight one of the best of the month for everything else — the Milky Way, faint galaxies and meteor showers all need a moonless sky.
Zodiac
- Sun in
- Libra
- Moon in
- Libra
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 Rochester’s own coordinates (44.0154, -92.4780) 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 Sunday, 25 October 2026 local time. It is traditionally called the Hunter’s Moon. The next new moon falls on Saturday, 10 October 2026 local time — the darkest night of the month, and the best one for stargazing.
