Where the Moon is today
| Phase | waxing gibbous |
|---|---|
| Illuminated | 94.6% |
| Position | 4°35' Pisces |
| Age of the cycle | 13 days since the new moon |
| Elongation from the Sun | 153.1° |
Illumination is the fraction of the disc lit as seen from Earth, and it follows directly from the angle between the Moon and the Sun. At new moon that angle is zero and nothing is lit; at full moon it is a hundred and eighty degrees and the whole visible face is.
What comes next
- Next full moon: full moon in Aries, September 26, 2026 — 2 days away
- Next new moon: new moon in Libra, October 10, 2026 — 16 days away
The whole cycle takes twenty-nine and a half days, which is why the phase on a given calendar date shifts from year to year and why lunar and solar calendars drift apart.
Reading the phase rather than the sign
Most daily astrology reports the Moon's sign and stops there. The phase is the other half and it moves on a different schedule: the sign changes every two and a half days, the phase over the whole month.
Traditionally the waxing half of the cycle is read as building and the waning half as releasing, with the two quarters as the friction points. That is a description of a geometry, not a forecast — the Moon is at ninety degrees to the Sun at each quarter, and the tradition assigns that angle the same meaning it assigns any square.
Why this page changes every day
The figures above are recomputed each time the site is built, from the same ephemeris an astronomer would use. Nothing on this page is stored text with the numbers swapped in — the phase name itself is derived from the Sun–Moon angle at the moment of calculation.
Every dated moon page on this site is permanent and every page like this one is disposable. The permanent ones are where the detail lives; this is a pointer to whichever of them is currently relevant.
Questions people ask about this
What moon phase is it today?
A waxing gibbous, 94.6% illuminated, with the Moon at 4°35' Pisces.
When is the next full moon?
September 26, 2026, in Aries. That is 2 days from today.
How long is a lunar cycle?
About twenty-nine and a half days from one new moon to the next. That is the synodic month; the Moon's orbit around Earth is shorter, at roughly twenty-seven and a third days.