Watch the Moon wax
and wane each day

Reading the Moon phase calendar

Each day shows an estimated phase at local noon in your selected city. Choose a date to inspect its phase, illumination and Moon age, then open the rise/set and hourly position tool. Moon age counts the days since new Moon.

A daily noon snapshot is different from the exact instant of full Moon. For those instants, use the 2026 full Moon timetable. To compare two birthdays or anniversaries, try the birthday Moon calculator.