Moon phase tonight in Monroe
Waxing crescent
The moon over Monroe is a waxing crescent, 11% illuminated and 3.3 days into its cycle.
Position calculated for 18:46 local time
A thin lit sliver on the right, low in the west just after sunset. Earthshine — sunlight bouncing off the Earth — often makes the dark part faintly visible.
The moon tonight in Monroe
- Moonrise
- 10:23
- Moonset
- 19:32
- Time above the horizon
- 9h 9m
- Altitude now
- 6.0°
- Direction now
- SW · 228°
- Phase
- Waxing crescent
- Distance
- 399,631 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Brightness
- -7.4
The sun today in Monroe
- Sunrise
- 07:06
- Sunset
- 18:18
- Solar noon
- 12:42
- Length of day
- 11h 12m
- Golden hour
- until 07:43, from 17:41
- Civil twilight
- 06:38 / 18:46
- Nautical twilight
- 06:06 / 19:18
- Astronomical twilight
- 05:34 / 19:50
Dark sky window tonight. Astronomical night runs from 19:50 to 05:35, 9h 45m 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| First quarter | Sun 18 Oct, 12:13 | 5 days | |
| Full moon | Mon 26 Oct, 00:12 | 12 days | |
| Last quarter | Sun 1 Nov, 15:28 | 19 days | |
| New moon | Mon 9 Nov, 02:02 | 26 days | |
The last new moon was 3 days ago.
The next 30 nights
- Tue139%
- Wed1416%
- Thu1523%
- Fri1632%
- Sat1741%
- Sun1850%First quarter
- Mon1960%
- Tue2069%
- Wed2178%
- Thu2286%
- Fri2392%
- Sat2497%
- Sun25100%
- Mon2699%Full moon
- Tue2797%
- Wed2891%
- Thu2984%
- Fri3074%
- Sat3163%
- Sun152%Last quarter
- Mon241%
- Tue331%
- Wed421%
- Thu513%
- Fri67%
- Sat73%
- Sun81%
- Mon90%New moon
- Tue102%
- Wed115%
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, 00:12 | Hunter’s MoonThe full moon after the Harvest Moon, when game was fattened for winter. | 368,859 km |
| 24 Nov 2026, 09:54 | Beaver MoonNovember — beavers finish their dams before the freeze. | 360,754 km |
| 23 Dec 2026, 20:28 | Cold MoonDecember — the long, cold nights around the solstice. | 356,729 kmSupermoon |
| 22 Jan 2027, 07:17 | Wolf MoonJanuary — named for the wolves heard howling in midwinter. | 357,635 kmSupermoon |
| 20 Feb 2027, 18:24 | Snow MoonFebruary — the month of the heaviest snowfall. | 363,296 km |
| 22 Mar 2027, 06:44 | 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, 14:04 · 364,397 km
- Next apogee (farthest)
- Fri 16 Oct, 18:54 · 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 Monroe
Lunar eclipses
| Date | Type | Coverage | Height in the sky |
|---|---|---|---|
| 20 Feb 2027, 18:12 | Penumbral | 0% | 6° |
| 17 Aug 2027, 03:13 | Penumbral | 0% | 27° |
| 11 Jan 2028, 23:13 | Partial | 3% | 68° |
Solar eclipses
| Date | Type | Coverage | Visible from |
|---|---|---|---|
| 26 Jan 2028, 10:02 | Partial | 3% | 09:19 – 10:46 |
| 14 Jan 2029, 12:50 | Partial | 42% | 11:24 – 14:11 |
| 30 Mar 2033, 14:47 | Partial | 1% | 14:22 – 15:12 |
Only eclipses that are actually above the horizon at Monroe 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?
A thin crescent
Only a sliver is lit, low in the twilight and gone within an hour or two of the sun. Look for earthshine: the whole disc faintly visible, lit by sunlight bounced off the Earth.
Zodiac
- Sun in
- Libra
- Moon in
- Scorpio
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 Monroe’s own coordinates (41.3043, -74.1941) 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.
