Moon Phase on
Updated · Daily moon data sampled at 8:00 p.m. Eastern Time (UTC shown where relevant)
At 8:00 p.m. Eastern on , the moon is a Waxing Crescent at 28.6% illumination.
Lunar Details
- Phase
Waxing Crescent- Illumination at 8 p.m. ET
- 28.6%
- Moon age
- 5.11 days since new moon
- Sample instant
- , 8:00 p.m. EST (, 1:00 a.m. UTC)
- Moonrise in New York City
- , 10:31 a.m. EST (, 3:31 p.m. UTC)
- 13 month date
- January 4, 2025
- Next exact principal phase after this sample
- First Quarter:
6:56 p.m. EST
, 11:56 p.m. UTC
Daily phase names group the cycle into eight broad phase sectors, using progress between exact astronomical events. They describe the 8 p.m. Eastern sample, not the instant of a new moon, quarter moon, or full moon. The tables list those exact principal-phase instants separately.
Moonrise is calculated for New York City.