Moonrise Times This Week (2024)

FAQs

What time does the Moon rise near me? ›

Though the Moon is often thought of as a nighttime visitor, it's also visible during the day as a faint, pale presence. The best times to see a daytime Moon are perhaps during the first and last quarter phases, when the Moon is high enough above the horizon and at about 90 degrees from the Sun in the sky.

Moonrise (and, incidentally, the time of high tide) occurs about 50 minutes later each day than the day before. To determine the moonrise time for each day of the month, add 50 minutes each day after a phase or subtract 50 minutes each day before a new phase.

Full Moon. The Full Moon rises at sunset. The Full Moon rises at sunset and can be seen against a starry night sky. The side of the Moon facing Earth can be seen to be fully illuminated by the Sun.

Meanwhile, the phases of the moon mean that, when it moves between Earth and the sun — such as during the new moon — the illuminated side faces away from us and the dark side of the moon faces Earth, making it basically invisible to skywatchers on Earth.

Sometimes the moon appears to be a deep orange, and sometimes even red. It looks orange when it is on the horizon and that is very simple to explain. For the same reason the Sun appears more orange at sunrise and sunset. This is due to a phenomenon called Rayleigh scattering.

The Earth's daily revolution on its axis means that the Moon is actually above the horizon for about 12 hours out of every 24. Usually, some portion of that time will be during daylight – you just need to look carefully, because its brightness is so much less than the Sun's.

Which Moon is hardest to see? ›

The sighting of the lunar crescent within one day of New Moon is usually difficult. The crescent at this time is quite thin, has a low surface brightness, and can easily be lost in the twilight.

The way the Moon looks to us is continually changing. It moves across the sky rapidly over the course of a night. And from night to night it rises and falls at different times and in different parts of the sky.

This means that the moon rises later and later each successive day, sometimes rising in the morning, sometimes in the afternoon, and sometimes at night. Similarly, the moon sets later each day, and can set at any time of the day or night, depending on where it is with respect to the sun.

Why does the daily moonrise time vary by as much as 60 minutes, and as little as 30 minutes during the same month? Our satellite's orbital speed is not constant, which helps explain why moonrise varies as much as an hour from night to night.

You may be surprised to learn that, more often that not, the Moon rises in the east and sets in the west; however, depending on the phase of the Moon and the time of the year, the rising might actually occur in the east-northeast or east-southeast, and the setting might take place in the west-northwest or west- ...