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 Last Quarter at 52.1% illumination.
Lunar Details
- Phase
Last Quarter- Illumination at 8 p.m. ET
- 52.1%
- Moon age
- 21.94 days since new moon
- Sample instant
- , 8:00 p.m. EDT (, 12:00 a.m. UTC)
- Moonrise in New York City
- , 2:17 a.m. EDT (, 6:17 a.m. UTC)
- 13 month date
- April 15, 2026
- Next exact principal phase after this sample
- Last Quarter:
12:51 a.m. EDT
, 4:51 a.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.
See every day in the April 2026 moon calendar.