Current moon
- New
- 14 February 2010, 02:53
- First Quarter
- 22 February 2010, 00:43
- Full
- 28 February 2010, 16:39
- Last Quarter
- 7 March 2010, 15:44
- New
- 15 March 2010, 21:03
Times are GMT using a 24 hour clock
Moons for the next year
The table shows the times of the New and Full moons over the next year. The times are GMT. Also shown are the Islamic month & year corresponding to each New moon and the date on which the month probably starts in Makkah and in London. Following the table there are notes about its contents.
| New moon | Full moon | Islamic month | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Makkah | London | ||
| 14 February 2010 02:53 |
28 February 2010 16:39 |
Rabia I 1431 |
16 February | 16 February |
| 15 March 2010 21:03 |
30 March 2010 02:26 |
Rabia II 1431 |
17 March | 17 March |
| 14 April 2010 12:31 |
28 April 2010 12:19 |
Jumada I 1431 |
16 April | 16 April |
| 14 May 2010 01:06 |
27 May 2010 23:08 |
Jumada II 1431 |
16 May | 15 May |
| 12 June 2010 11:16 |
26 June 2010 11:31 |
Rajab 1431 |
14 June | 14 June |
| 11 July 2010 19:41 |
26 July 2010 01:38 |
Shaban 1431 |
13 July | 13 July |
| 10 August 2010 03:09 |
24 August 2010 17:06 |
Ramadan 1431 |
12 August Laylat al-Qadar: 7 September? |
12 August Laylat al-Qadar: 7 September? |
| 8 September 2010 10:30 |
23 September 2010 09:19 |
Shawwai 1431 |
10 September Eid-al-Fitr: 10 September |
10 September Eid-al-Fitr: 10 September |
| 7 October 2010 18:45 |
23 October 2010 01:38 |
Zu’lkadah 1431 |
9 October | 9 October |
| 6 November 2010 04:52 |
21 November 2010 17:29 |
Zu’lhijjah 1431 |
8 November Eid-al-Adha: 17 November |
8 November Eid-al-Adha: 17 November |
| 5 December 2010 17:37 |
21 December 2010 08:15 |
Muharran 1432 |
7 December Ashura: 16 December |
7 December Ashura: 16 December |
| 4 January 2011 09:05 |
19 January 2011 21:23 |
Safar 1432 |
6 January | 6 January |
| 3 February 2011 02:33 |
18 February 2011 08:37 |
Rabia I 1432 |
5 February | 5 February |
| 4 March 2011 20:48 |
19 March 2011 18:11 |
Rabia II 1432 |
6 March | 6 March |
Data last updated 14 February 2010, 02:54 GMT
Notes
New moon
New moon on this page means the time, in the current orbit, when the moon’s unlit side is most exactly facing the Earth. Astronomers call this a ‘conjunction’. Sometimes this phase is referred to as a dark moon to distinguish it from the popular meaning of new moon which refers to a very thin crescent.
The timings
The timings should be pretty accurate and match, to within a minute, those shown in tables produced by more competent people than me. All times shown are GMT (UTC).
The table is recalculated the first time this page is accessed following a new moon. If you happen to be the person who makes this access the page will take a little longer than usual to load.
The moon phase image
The moon phase image shows the current phase of the moon as seen from the northern hemisphere. The image should be accurate to around 9 hours; sometimes it will be a little bit ahead, sometimes a little bit behind though around the quarters it will be more accurate. I could make it more accurate but only at the expense of placing a bigger strain on the server.
Some versions of Internet Explorer sometimes do not request a new image when the one they have in their cache expires. If the phase is obviously very wrong then reload the image manually.
Your location
A couple of people have asked if the phase of the moon and the timings change depending on where you are on the Earth.
The answer is that they don’t. For practical purposes anyway. There is a tiny effect on the phase for, say, people on opposite sides of the planet but it really is tiny. The reason is that the diameter of the Earth is small compared to the distance to the moon. The Earth is around 12800 km across. The distance to the moon is around 384000 km — around 30 times greater. The parallax is just too small to make the phase difference visible to the naked eye.
Islamic months
The Islamic month start dates can only be approximate as they depend on actual sightings of the crescent moon. Since this cannot be predicted with absolute certainty it is impossible to predict the month start dates with complete accuracy. What is shown here should be seen only as a guide.
See here for more information on this as I understand it.
Please note
I am not a Muslim and cannot answer questions about prayer times because I do not know the rules.
Further information
If you need moon phase information from outside the times shown in the table you could look at NASA’s 6000 year Moon Phase Catalog which will give you the times of New, Full & Quarter moons over a 6000 year period from 2000 BCE to 4000 CE