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Sun & moon

The sun and moon today

Sunrise and sunset, the three twilights, golden and blue hour, moonrise, moonset and the Moon’s phase, worked out for your place from the positions of the Sun and Moon.

Finding your place…

Everywhere on Earth

The Moon’s phase now

Waxing crescent

10% of the disc is lit and the Moon is 3.2 days past new (at 20:54 UTC).

The phase is the same everywhere at the same instant; only the local date and time of each principal phase differ.

The next principal phases of the Moon, in UTC and in your time zone
PhaseDate and time (UTC)Your time
First quarterSunday, 18 October 2026, 16:13 UTC
Full moonMonday, 26 October 2026, 04:12 UTC
Last quarterSunday, 1 November 2026, 20:28 UTC
New moonMonday, 9 November 2026, 07:02 UTC
First quarterTuesday, 17 November 2026, 11:48 UTC
Full moonTuesday, 24 November 2026, 14:54 UTC
Last quarterTuesday, 1 December 2026, 06:09 UTC
New moonWednesday, 9 December 2026, 00:52 UTC

Sun and moon in cities

How it works

Twilight, golden hour and blue hour

Twilight is named by how far the sun is below the horizon. Civil twilight lasts until it is 6° below: there is enough light to be outdoors without lamps. Nautical twilight runs to 12°, when the horizon at sea fades. Astronomical twilight ends at 18°, when the sky is fully dark. Near midsummer at higher latitudes the sun never sinks that far, and the night stays in twilight.

Golden hour is the warm, low light with the sun between 4° below and 6° above the horizon; blue hour is the deep blue just before and after it, with the sun between 6° and 4° below. Photographers use these limits, though there is no official definition, and the light you actually see depends on the weather.

How we compute it

The Sun’s position follows the NOAA solar calculator (after Meeus, Astronomical Algorithms). The Moon’s position uses the Montenbruck & Pfleger lunar series, its rise and set Meeus’s standard altitudes for the upper limb with refraction and parallax, and the principal phases Meeus’s chapter 49. Checked against the US Naval Observatory: rise, set and twilight agree within two minutes, the phases within one.

Times are for a flat, sea-level horizon with standard atmospheric refraction. Hills, buildings, altitude and unusual weather can shift what you see by a few minutes. Near the poles an event may not happen at all on a given day; we say so instead of guessing.

Questions

Good to know

What is the moon phase today?

Today’s phase: Waxing crescent, with 10% of the disc lit. The next full moon is on Monday, 26 October 2026, 04:12 UTC; the next new moon is on Monday, 9 November 2026, 07:02 UTC.

What is golden hour?

The time shortly after sunrise and before sunset when the sun is low (between 4° below and 6° above the horizon), so its light is soft, warm and casts long shadows. At mid latitudes it lasts about an hour; nearer the poles it can last much longer, and near the equator it is shorter.

What is the difference between civil, nautical and astronomical twilight?

They are measured by how far the sun is below the horizon: civil twilight down to 6°, nautical to 12° and astronomical to 18°. Dawn is when each begins in the morning, dusk when each ends in the evening.

Why does a full moon fall on different dates in different places?

A principal phase is a single instant for the whole Earth. When it happens late in the evening in London, it is already the next morning in Tokyo, so each place shows the date and time on its own clock.

Why is the Moon drawn the other way round in the southern hemisphere?

From the southern hemisphere you see the Moon upside down compared with the north, so a waxing Moon is lit on the left and a waning Moon on the right. Hourora draws it as it looks from the place you chose.