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Moon tonight in New York

When does the Moon rise tonight in New York, and is it a full moon?

The Moon rises at Sat 7 Nov, 04:55

Look east-southeast. It will be 5% lit (waning crescent). Forecast cloud in the moonrise hour: 2%.

Moonrise on Friday, 6 November 2026
03:50 EST · east
Moonset on Friday, 6 November 2026
15:10 EST · west-southwest
Phase and illumination
Waning Crescent · 5% lit
Moon right now
Below the horizon

The Moon rises on average about 50 minutes later each day (the daily shift varies through the month; see the table below), so some calendar dates have no moonrise or no moonset. Times assume a flat horizon at the city reference; buildings or hills delay what you actually see.

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New York city reference (40.7143°, -74.0060°, America/New_York), not the whole metropolitan area. Calculated local. Weather: Live forecast in use.

Next Moon events

Next moonrise
Sat 7 Nov, 04:55 · east-southeast
Next moonset
Sat 7 Nov, 15:34 · west-southwest
Cloud in the next moonrise hour
2%
Next full Moon
Tue 24 Nov, 09:54
Next new Moon
Mon 9 Nov, 02:03

Rise and set are the moments the Moon's upper edge crosses the horizon, including atmospheric refraction, computed with the same astronomy engine as the SnapCosmos Moon tool.

Is it a full moon tonight in New York?

No — the exact full moon is Tue 24 Nov, 09:54 EST.

A full moon is one exact instant; "tonight" here runs from local noon to the next local noon. The disc looks full for about three nights around that instant.

Moonrise and moonset, next 7 days

DateMoonriseMoonsetLit
Today03:50 EST15:10 EST7%
Sat 7 Nov04:55 EST15:34 EST3%
Sun 8 Nov06:02 EST16:01 EST1%
Mon 9 Nov07:07 EST16:33 EST0%
Tue 10 Nov08:11 EST17:11 EST2%
Wed 11 Nov09:11 EST17:56 EST6%
Thu 12 Nov10:05 EST18:48 EST11%

"—" means the Moon does not rise or set on that calendar date. Times use the local clock in force on each date, so daylight-saving changes appear where they happen.

The Moon from New York: what is local

Lower Manhattan reference, not every borough's skyline

Times are computed for the New York City reference point in Lower Manhattan at 40.71° N, 74.01° W, with a flat horizon. Across the five boroughs the difference is about a minute, but buildings are not: in Midtown a rising Moon can stay hidden behind towers for a long time after moonrise. The East River, the Hudson waterfront and Brooklyn and Queens shorelines give the lowest open views to the east, where the Moon rises.

Source: GeoNames — New York City

Clocks change on the first Sunday in November

New York uses Eastern Daylight Time until the first Sunday in November and Eastern Standard Time after it. On that weekend every moonrise and moonset time on this page shifts by an hour on the clock, even though the Moon itself does not. Times here are always shown in the local time that applies on each date.

Source: NIST — Daylight Saving Time