The Moon calendar
Tonight
Waning gibbous, 69% lit.
More than half lit, shrinking now from the right. It rises after dark.
The Moon is full on 24 November, and new on 9 November. Every night of November 2026 is drawn below, from astronomy-engine's numbers for the Moon at 10 pm Mountain Time; the shape is the same anywhere in the US that night.
November 2026
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- 9
- 10
- 11
- 12
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- 17
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- 20
- 21
- 22
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- 24
- 25
- 26
- 27
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- 29
- 30
The four phase dates
- Last quarter
Sunday 1 November 2026 - New Moon
Monday 9 November 2026 - First quarter
Tuesday 17 November 2026 - Full Moon
Tuesday 24 November 2026 - Last quarter
Monday 30 November 2026
In November, look at the Moon every night. On 24 November 2026 it is a big round circle. Around 9 November 2026 you can't see it at all. Draw what you see.
The Moon is full on 24 November, and new on 9 November. First quarter, when the right half is lit, is on 17 November 2026: a good night to look at craters with binoculars, along the line between light and dark. The Moon goes from new to full and back in about 29 and a half days.
The Moon is full on 24 November, and new on 9 November. At that full Moon, astronomy-engine puts it about 360,754 km from Earth's center; the Moon's distance swings between about 356,000 and 406,000 km. Phase dates here are the Mountain Time day of the exact instant, so a phase late in the evening can fall on the next day in Europe.
Every month
- November 2026
- December 2026
- January 2027
- February 2027
- March 2027
- April 2027
- May 2027
- June 2027
- July 2027
- August 2027
- September 2027
- October 2027
- November 2027
- December 2027
Birthday Moon
What will the Moon look like on your birthday? Pick the month and day, or keep a birthday on My Space Card and it shows here by itself. Nothing is sent.
Birthday Moon
The Moon journal
Thirty blank Moons, one a night. Colour in the part you see, and by the end of the month you have drawn the whole trip.
Print the Moon journal ▶ (one page, black on white).
“The Moon doesn't change shape. We just see more or less of its sunny side.”