Moon in Chorley, England, United Kingdom

Local time 16:28 GMT 53.65° N, 2.62° W
Phase nowWaxing crescent33% lit · 6.4 days old
Moonrise today13:01Local time
Moonset today21:02Local time
Distance403,750 km250,879 miles

Moon phase in Chorley today

The Moon is waxing crescent and 33% lit, growing brighter each night. Today it rises at 13:01 and sets at 21:02 local time. Sunset is at 16:12. For the darkest skies, look for nights when the Moon is below the horizon after dark.

Next Moon phases

First quarterTue, Nov 1711:47 GMT
Full MoonTue, Nov 2414:53 GMT
Last quarterTue, Dec 106:08 GMT
New MoonWed, Dec 900:51 GMT

Phase times are shown in Chorley local time. Full Moon calendar 2026.

Moonrise and moonset for the next 30 days

DateMoonriseMoonsetPhase at noonLit
Sun, Nov 15 13:01 21:02 Waxing crescent 31.4%
Mon, Nov 16 13:17 22:18 Waxing crescent 40.5%
Tue, Nov 17 13:29 23:34 First quarter 50.1%
Wed, Nov 18 13:39 — Waxing gibbous 59.9%
Thu, Nov 19 13:49 00:51 Waxing gibbous 69.6%
Fri, Nov 20 13:58 02:10 Waxing gibbous 78.8%
Sat, Nov 21 14:09 03:32 Waxing gibbous 87%
Sun, Nov 22 14:23 05:00 Waxing gibbous 93.5%
Mon, Nov 23 14:43 06:32 Waxing gibbous 98%
Tue, Nov 24 15:13 08:07 Full Moon 99.8%
Wed, Nov 25 15:59 09:36 Waning gibbous 98.7%
Thu, Nov 26 17:09 10:47 Waning gibbous 94.7%
Fri, Nov 27 18:36 11:34 Waning gibbous 88%
Sat, Nov 28 20:10 12:05 Waning gibbous 79.3%
Sun, Nov 29 21:43 12:25 Waning gibbous 69.2%
Mon, Nov 30 23:10 12:39 Waning gibbous 58.3%
Tue, Dec 1 — 12:50 Last quarter 47.3%
Wed, Dec 2 00:33 13:00 Waning crescent 36.8%
Thu, Dec 3 01:53 13:10 Waning crescent 27.1%
Fri, Dec 4 03:11 13:20 Waning crescent 18.6%
Sat, Dec 5 04:30 13:33 Waning crescent 11.6%
Sun, Dec 6 05:48 13:49 Waning crescent 6.1%
Mon, Dec 7 07:06 14:11 Waning crescent 2.4%
Tue, Dec 8 08:18 14:43 New Moon 0.4%
Wed, Dec 9 09:20 15:28 New Moon 0.3%
Thu, Dec 10 10:07 16:26 Waxing crescent 2%
Fri, Dec 11 10:41 17:35 Waxing crescent 5.4%
Sat, Dec 12 11:05 18:49 Waxing crescent 10.4%
Sun, Dec 13 11:22 20:04 Waxing crescent 16.8%
Mon, Dec 14 11:35 21:19 Waxing crescent 24.4%

A dash means the Moon does not rise or set on that local date. This happens about once a month, because the Moon rises around 50 minutes later each day.

Moonrise and moonset are calculated for 53.6500, -2.6167 at sea level with a flat horizon, from a lunar series checked against a full ephemeris to within about a minute. Hills, buildings and elevation can shift what you see by several minutes. Sources and methods.