Moon phase tonight in Jamestown
Waning gibbous
The moon over Jamestown is a waning gibbous, 79% illuminated and 19.9 days into its cycle.
Position calculated for 09:32 local time
Past full and shrinking. The moon now rises after sunset and is still up at dawn.
The moon tonight in Jamestown
- Moonrise
- 21:46
- Moonset
- 12:15
- Time above the horizon
- 15h 49m
- Altitude now
- 25.0°
- Direction now
- W · 268°
- Phase
- Waning gibbous
- Distance
- 376,152 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Brightness
- -11.3
The sun today in Jamestown
- Sunrise
- 06:54
- Sunset
- 20:13
- Solar noon
- 13:34
- Length of day
- 13h 19m
- Golden hour
- until 07:35, from 19:33
- Civil twilight
- 06:23 / 20:45
- Nautical twilight
- 05:44 / 21:23
- Astronomical twilight
- 05:04 / 22:03
Dark sky window tonight. Astronomical night runs from 22:03 to 05:05, 7h 2m 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 | Fri 4 Sept, 02:51 | 3 days | |
| New moon | Thu 10 Sept, 22:27 | 10 days | |
| First quarter | Fri 18 Sept, 15:44 | 17 days | |
| Full moon | Sat 26 Sept, 11:49 | 25 days | |
The last full moon was 4 days ago.
The next 30 nights
- Tue178%
- Wed268%
- Thu357%
- Fri446%Last quarter
- Sat534%
- Sun624%
- Mon715%
- Tue88%
- Wed93%
- Thu100%New moon
- Fri110%
- Sat123%
- Sun138%
- Mon1414%
- Tue1522%
- Wed1630%
- Thu1739%
- Fri1849%First quarter
- Sat1958%
- Sun2067%
- Mon2176%
- Tue2284%
- Wed2390%
- Thu2496%
- Fri2599%
- Sat26100%Full moon
- Sun2799%
- Mon2895%
- Tue2989%
- Wed3081%
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 Sept 2026, 11:49 | Harvest MoonThe full moon closest to the September equinox: it rises near sunset several evenings running, giving farmers extra light. | 379,423 km |
| 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 |
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)
- Sun 6 Sept, 15:44 · 368,249 km
- Next apogee (farthest)
- Fri 18 Sept, 21:59 · 404,210 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 Jamestown
Lunar eclipses
| Date | Type | Coverage | Height in the sky |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17 Aug 2027, 02:13 | Penumbral | 0% | 29° |
| 11 Jan 2028, 22:13 | Partial | 3% | 51° |
| 25 Jun 2029, 22:22 | Total | 100% | 6° |
Solar eclipses
| Date | Type | Coverage | Visible from |
|---|---|---|---|
| 26 Jan 2028, 08:26 | Partial | 1% | 08:06 – 08:47 |
| 14 Jan 2029, 11:10 | Partial | 71% | 09:43 – 12:41 |
| 30 Mar 2033, 13:09 | Partial | 32% | 12:08 – 14:11 |
Only eclipses that are actually above the horizon at Jamestown 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
- Virgo
- 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 Jamestown’s own coordinates (46.9063, -98.6937) 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 Saturday, 26 September 2026 local time. It is traditionally called the Harvest Moon. The next new moon falls on Thursday, 10 September 2026 local time — the darkest night of the month, and the best one for stargazing.