Moon Phase Today, November 5: Waning Crescent, 12% Lit

Today, November 5: Waning Crescent, 12% lit. Moonrise and moonset in 12 US and UK cities, the next full moon on November 24, and every full moon of 2026.

The moon today in New York

Waning Crescent · 12 % lit
Moon age: 26.1 days
Rises at 02:43 in the east (91°)
Sets at 14:47 in the west (265°)
Highest point: 08:47 · 46° south
Distance: 386,400 km
Next Full Moon: Tue, November 24, 09:53
Next New Moon: Mon, November 9, 02:02

Moonrise and moonset today in 12 cities

Local time and compass direction for today – each city links to its own moon page.
New York: Moonrise 02:43 (east) · Moonset 14:47 (west)
Los Angeles: Moonrise 02:47 (east) · Moonset 14:50 (west)
Chicago: Moonrise 02:40 (east) · Moonset 14:42 (west)
Houston: Moonrise 03:11 (east) · Moonset 15:19 (west)
Miami: Moonrise 03:07 (east) · Moonset 15:18 (west)
Seattle: Moonrise 03:07 (east) · Moonset 14:59 (west)
Denver: Moonrise 02:52 (east) · Moonset 14:53 (west)
Boston: Moonrise 02:31 (east) · Moonset 14:34 (west)
Toronto: Moonrise 03:06 (east) · Moonset 15:07 (west)
London: Moonrise 02:33 (east) · Moonset 14:43 (west)
Manchester: Moonrise 02:42 (east) · Moonset 14:50 (west)
Edinburgh: Moonrise 02:45 (east) · Moonset 14:53 (west)

Where we are in the lunar cycle

New moon: Mon, November 9, 02:02
First quarter: Tue, November 17, 06:48
Full moon: Tue, November 24, 09:53
Last quarter: Tue, December 1, 01:09
All times are local time in New York.

Moon calendar November 2026

1 Sun: 48 % · Last quarter 15:28
2 Mon: 37 %
3 Tue: 27 %
4 Wed: 18 %
5 Thu: 10 %
6 Fri: 5 %
7 Sat: 2 %
8 Sun: 0 %
9 Mon: 1 % · New moon 02:02
10 Tue: 3 %
11 Wed: 7 %
12 Thu: 13 %
13 Fri: 20 %
14 Sat: 28 %
15 Sun: 37 %
16 Mon: 46 %
17 Tue: 56 % · First quarter 06:48
18 Wed: 66 %
19 Thu: 75 %
20 Fri: 84 %
21 Sat: 91 %
22 Sun: 96 %
23 Mon: 99 %
24 Tue: 100 % · Full moon 09:53
25 Wed: 97 %
26 Thu: 91 %
27 Fri: 83 %
28 Sat: 74 %
29 Sun: 63 %
30 Mon: 52 %
Illumination at 9 pm local time. Main phases with their exact time; ✦ marks a supermoon.

All full moons 2026

Wolf Moon: Sat, January 3, 05:03 · 362,300 km
Snow Moon: Sun, February 1, 17:10 · 371,400 km
Worm Moon: Tue, March 3, 06:38 · 382,600 km
Pink Moon: Wed, April 1, 22:13 · 393,600 km
Flower Moon: Fri, May 1, 13:24 · 402,000 km
Blue Moon: Sun, May 31, 04:46 · 406,100 km
Strawberry Moon: Mon, June 29, 19:57 · 405,300 km
Buck Moon: Wed, July 29, 10:36 · 399,600 km
Sturgeon Moon: Fri, August 28, 00:18 · 390,400 km
Harvest Moon: Sat, September 26, 12:49 · 379,400 km
Hunter's Moon: Mon, October 26, 00:11 · 368,900 km
Beaver Moon: Tue, November 24, 09:53 · 360,800 km · Supermoon
Cold Moon: Wed, December 23, 20:28 · 356,700 km · Supermoon
The names come from North American and European folklore. South of the equator they are shifted by six months to match the seasons.

Illumination at 9 pm local time. Main phases with their exact time; ✦ marks a supermoon.

The full moon nearest the autumn equinox – it rises soon after sunset several evenings in a row

The names come from North American and European folklore. South of the equator they are shifted by six months to match the seasons.

The moon stands between the Earth and the sun, its lit side faces away from us. The nights are at their darkest.

A thin sickle that grows each evening. The dark part often glows faintly – earthshine, sunlight reflected by the Earth.

Half of the disc is lit, a quarter of the way through the cycle. Along the shadow line craters stand out in sharp relief.

More than half lit and growing. It brightens the evening sky and shines until well after midnight.

The moon stands opposite the sun and its whole face is lit – the brightest night of the month.

Shrinking again after full moon, it rises a little later each evening.

The other half is lit. It rises around midnight and is often still visible in the morning after sunrise.

A thin sickle before dawn, shrinking every morning until the next new moon.

Visible: not at all – it's up with the sun

South of the equator the moon appears upside down: a waxing moon is lit on the left, a waning one on the right.

Questions about the moon

Why does the moon rise later every day? The moon moves about 13° eastward along its orbit every day, so the Earth has to turn a little further before the moon comes up again: on average it rises about 50 minutes later each day. Around the autumn full moon the delay shrinks to 20–30 minutes at mid-northern latitudes – the Harvest Moon effect.

What is a supermoon? A full moon close to perigee, the point of the moon's orbit nearest the Earth. It appears up to 14 % larger and about 30 % brighter than a full moon at apogee. SunnyTracker counts full moons closer than 362,000 km as supermoons.

Why can I see the moon during the day? The moon is above the horizon for about half of every 24 hours, whether it's day or night. Around first and last quarter it is up for hours in daylight and bright enough to see in a blue sky.

How accurate are these times? Moonrise, moonset and the phases are calculated with the lunar theory from Jean Meeus' Astronomical Algorithms, including parallax and atmospheric refraction – accurate to about a minute for a flat horizon. Mountains or buildings can delay the moonrise you actually see.

Why doesn't the moon always look the same if it always shows us the same side? Because of libration: the moon's orbit is elliptical and tilted by just over 5° to the Earth's, and its axis by 1.5°. So the moon seems to rock by up to 8° from side to side and nod by up to 7° – over a month we see about 59 % of its surface. On top of that the whole disc turns with the sky during the night.

Here the sun is rising or setting on the moon. Crater walls cast long shadows – through binoculars or a telescope this is where you see the most relief.

Around new moon you see only a thin crescent or nothing at all – the dark part glows faintly in earthshine.

Moon map: NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University (LRO), NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio