Moon Phase Tonight, Oct. 27, 2026: 97% Lit, Rising 6:39 p.m. EDT, Plus a Daily Moon Calendar to Nov. 30

Tonight, Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2026, the Moon is a waning gibbous, 97% lit, and rises at 6:39 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) in New York, according to the U.S. Naval Observatory (USNO). It sets at 10:32 a.m. on Wednesday. The full moon was early Monday, Oct. 26, so tonight’s Moon is one day past full; see our Hunter’s Moon story for that moment.

The calendar below runs day by day from Oct. 27 to Nov. 30, 2026, using USNO data for New York City. It also handles the clock change: daylight saving time ends at 2 a.m. on Sunday, Nov. 1, so times through Oct. 31 are EDT and times from Nov. 1 are Eastern Standard Time (EST). The daylight saving time page has the rule.

What is the Moon tonight in other cities?

USNO gives the same 97% for tonight in London. Moonrise is local time, and the UK clocks went back on Oct. 25.

City	Moonrise tonight, Oct. 27
New York	6:39 p.m. EDT
Toronto	6:50 p.m. EDT
Chicago	6:31 p.m. Central Daylight Time (CDT)
Los Angeles	7:03 p.m. Pacific Daylight Time (PDT)
London	4:47 p.m. Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)

When are the main moon phases from now to December?

Phase	Eastern time	Universal Time (UT)
Full Moon	12:12 a.m. EDT, Mon., Oct. 26	04:12, Oct. 26
Last quarter	3:28 p.m. EST, Sun., Nov. 1	20:28, Nov. 1
New Moon	2:02 a.m. EST, Mon., Nov. 9	07:02, Nov. 9
First quarter	6:48 a.m. EST, Tue., Nov. 17	11:48, Nov. 17
Full Moon (Beaver Moon)	9:53 a.m. EST, Tue., Nov. 24	14:53, Nov. 24
Last quarter	1:08 a.m. EST, Tue., Dec. 1	06:08, Dec. 1

November’s full moon is commonly called the Beaver Moon. For its names and the other supermoon-season dates, see our Beaver Moon and Cold Moon guide.

Moon phases in November 2026: day-by-day calendar

New York City (40.71 N, 74.01 W). Phase names and percent lit are as USNO gives them for each date; moonrise and moonset are local clock time. Two days are missing an event: the Moon has no rise on Monday, Nov. 2 (the next rise is 12:26 a.m. on Nov. 3) and no set on Wednesday, Nov. 18. On Nov. 17 USNO labels the date a waxing gibbous, although first quarter came at 6:48 a.m. EST that morning.

Date	Phase	Lit	Moonrise	Moonset
Tue., Oct. 27	Waning Gibbous	97%	6:39 p.m.	9:14 a.m.
Wed., Oct. 28	Waning Gibbous	91%	7:30 p.m.	10:32 a.m.
Thu., Oct. 29	Waning Gibbous	84%	8:32 p.m.	11:42 a.m.
Fri., Oct. 30	Waning Gibbous	74%	9:43 p.m.	12:42 p.m.
Sat., Oct. 31	Waning Gibbous	63%	10:59 p.m.	1:30 p.m.
Sun., Nov. 1	Waning Gibbous	52%	11:14 p.m.	1:07 p.m.
Mon., Nov. 2	Waning Crescent	41%	none	1:37 p.m.
Tue., Nov. 3	Waning Crescent	30%	12:26 a.m.	2:03 p.m.
Wed., Nov. 4	Waning Crescent	21%	1:36 a.m.	2:26 p.m.
Thu., Nov. 5	Waning Crescent	13%	2:43 a.m.	2:48 p.m.
Fri., Nov. 6	Waning Crescent	7%	3:50 a.m.	3:10 p.m.
Sat., Nov. 7	Waning Crescent	3%	4:55 a.m.	3:34 p.m.
Sun., Nov. 8	Waning Crescent	1%	6:02 a.m.	4:01 p.m.
Mon., Nov. 9	New Moon	0%	7:07 a.m.	4:33 p.m.
Tue., Nov. 10	Waxing Crescent	2%	8:11 a.m.	5:11 p.m.
Wed., Nov. 11	Waxing Crescent	6%	9:11 a.m.	5:56 p.m.
Thu., Nov. 12	Waxing Crescent	11%	10:05 a.m.	6:48 p.m.
Fri., Nov. 13	Waxing Crescent	17%	10:51 a.m.	7:46 p.m.
Sat., Nov. 14	Waxing Crescent	25%	11:29 a.m.	8:47 p.m.
Sun., Nov. 15	Waxing Crescent	33%	12:01 p.m.	9:50 p.m.
Mon., Nov. 16	Waxing Crescent	43%	12:28 p.m.	10:53 p.m.
Tue., Nov. 17	Waxing Gibbous	52%	12:52 p.m.	11:56 p.m.
Wed., Nov. 18	Waxing Gibbous	62%	1:14 p.m.	none
Thu., Nov. 19	Waxing Gibbous	72%	1:36 p.m.	1:00 a.m.
Fri., Nov. 20	Waxing Gibbous	81%	1:58 p.m.	2:06 a.m.
Sat., Nov. 21	Waxing Gibbous	89%	2:23 p.m.	3:15 a.m.
Sun., Nov. 22	Waxing Gibbous	95%	2:53 p.m.	4:29 a.m.
Mon., Nov. 23	Waxing Gibbous	99%	3:29 p.m.	5:46 a.m.
Tue., Nov. 24	Full Moon	100%	4:16 p.m.	7:05 a.m.
Wed., Nov. 25	Waning Gibbous	98%	5:15 p.m.	8:22 a.m.
Thu., Nov. 26	Waning Gibbous	93%	6:26 p.m.	9:29 a.m.
Fri., Nov. 27	Waning Gibbous	86%	7:43 p.m.	10:23 a.m.
Sat., Nov. 28	Waning Gibbous	77%	9:01 p.m.	11:06 a.m.
Sun., Nov. 29	Waning Gibbous	67%	10:17 p.m.	11:39 a.m.
Mon., Nov. 30	Waning Gibbous	56%	11:28 p.m.	12:06 p.m.
Times through Sat., Oct. 31 are EDT; from Sun., Nov. 1 they are EST. The printable below lists each day through Nov. 22 and sums up Nov. 23 to 30; the table here has every day.

What does the Moon look like on Halloween and Thanksgiving?

On Saturday, Oct. 31, the Moon is a waning gibbous, 63% lit, and rises at 10:59 p.m. EDT in New York, so it is not up for early trick-or-treating. Our Halloween sunset times story covers the evening light. On Thanksgiving, Thursday, Nov. 26, the Moon is 93% lit and rises at 6:26 p.m. EST.

How does the clock change shift moonrise?

Moonrise on Saturday, Oct. 31 is 10:59 p.m. EDT, and on Sunday, Nov. 1 it is 11:14 p.m. EST, a gap of 15 minutes on the clock. Our November sunset times story shows the same shift for the Sun. Plan around the local time on each row of the table, not the day before’s.

Other sky dates this month

The Taurid and Leonid meteor showers fall in November; our November meteor showers guide lists them. Mark the dates on the October and November printable calendars.