Live Moon almanac · Europe/London
Moon phase today
Mon, 21 Sept 2026 · calculated at 20:29
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- Phase
- Waxing Gibbous
- Illumination
- 76.8%
- Lunar age
- 10.7 days
- Direction
- waxing
10.7 days since new Moon · 36% through this cycle
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This cycle lasts 29.5 days. Cycle progress measures time, not how much of the Moon is illuminated.More than half is illuminated and the bright area is still growing. Visible from afternoon through much of the evening and after midnight.
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Moonrise and moonset today
- Moonrise
- 17:15
- Moonset
- 00:09
Horizon location: central London. Times use Europe/London. Changing the time zone changes the clock and civil date, not the observing location.
Next exact event
Full Moon
In 4 d 21 h
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Next four principal phases
- Full Moon
- Last Quarter
- New Moon
- First Quarter
Next full Moon: Harvest Moon
The next full Moon arrives on Sat, 26 Sept 2026 at 17:49. It belongs to lunar cycle 1283 in the Brown numbering system. Read the Harvest Moon guide.