Moon phase tonight in West Chester
Full moon
The moon over West Chester is a full moon, 100% illuminated and 15.7 days into its cycle.
Position calculated for 04:00 local time
The moon is opposite the sun, rising as the sun sets and staying up all night. It is at its brightest, but the light falls straight down onto the surface, so craters look flat.
The moon tonight in West Chester
- Moonrise
- 18:07
- Moonset
- 08:00
- Time above the horizon
- 15h 12m
- Altitude now
- 42.2°
- Direction now
- WSW · 256°
- Phase
- Full moon
- Distance
- 368,331 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Brightness
- -12.7
The sun today in West Chester
- Sunrise
- 07:24
- Sunset
- 18:07
- Solar noon
- 12:46
- Length of day
- 10h 43m
- Golden hour
- until 08:02, from 17:29
- Civil twilight
- 06:57 / 18:35
- Nautical twilight
- 06:25 / 19:06
- Astronomical twilight
- 05:53 / 19:38
Dark sky window tonight. Astronomical night runs from 19:38 to 05:54, 10h 17m of it, but the moon is above the horizon for all of it. Expect a washed-out sky: leave the faint targets for a night closer to the new moon.
Upcoming moon phases
| Phase | Date and time | In | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Last quarter | Sun 1 Nov, 15:28 | 7 days | |
| New moon | Mon 9 Nov, 02:02 | 14 days | |
| First quarter | Tue 17 Nov, 06:48 | 22 days | |
| Full moon | Tue 24 Nov, 09:54 | 29 days | |
The last full moon was yesterday.
The next 30 nights
- Mon2699%
- Tue2797%
- Wed2891%
- Thu2984%
- Fri3074%
- Sat3163%
- Sun152%Last quarter
- Mon241%
- Tue331%
- Wed421%
- Thu513%
- Fri67%
- Sat73%
- Sun81%
- Mon90%New moon
- Tue102%
- Wed115%
- Thu1210%
- Fri1317%
- Sat1424%
- Sun1533%
- Mon1642%
- Tue1752%First quarter
- Wed1862%
- Thu1971%
- Fri2080%
- Sat2188%
- Sun2294%
- Mon2398%
- Tue24100%Full moon
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 20 Apr 2027, 18:27 | Pink MoonApril — for the pink wild ground phlox, not the colour of the moon. | 383,421 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 13 Nov, 12:50 · 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 West Chester
Lunar eclipses
| Date | Type | Coverage | Height in the sky |
|---|---|---|---|
| 20 Feb 2027, 18:12 | Penumbral | 0% | 5° |
| 17 Aug 2027, 03:13 | Penumbral | 0% | 29° |
| 11 Jan 2028, 23:13 | Partial | 3% | 68° |
Solar eclipses
| Date | Type | Coverage | Visible from |
|---|---|---|---|
| 26 Jan 2028, 09:56 | Partial | 3% | 09:12 – 10:42 |
| 14 Jan 2029, 12:47 | Partial | 42% | 11:20 – 14:09 |
| 30 Mar 2033, 14:44 | Partial | 1% | 14:25 – 15:02 |
Only eclipses that are actually above the horizon at West Chester 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?
Bright but flat
A nearly full moon is dazzling in binoculars and washes out everything faint around it. Sunlight falls almost straight down onto the surface, so shadows are short and craters look washed out. Good for photographs of the whole disc, poor for detail, and a bad night for galaxies or meteors.
Zodiac
- Sun in
- Scorpio
- Moon in
- Taurus
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 West Chester’s own coordinates (39.9601, -75.6058) 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 Tuesday, 24 November 2026 local time. It is traditionally called the Beaver 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.
