Sun & moon times today, New York City, New York, USA (2024)

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Sun & moon times today, New York City, New York, USA? ›

A first quarter moon rises around noon and sets around midnight. It's high in the sky in the evening and makes for excellent viewing.

A first quarter moon rises around noon and sets around midnight. It's high in the sky in the evening and makes for excellent viewing.

Waning Gibbous

Today's moon is 96.75% visible and is decrescent. 5 days left to the next phase 3rd Quarter.

So, there you have it, a complete answer. In summary, for the 48 contiguous states, it takes anywhere from 70 to 100 minutes for it to get dark after sunset. The further north you are, the longer it takes for true darkness to arrive after sundown.

In everyday language, the term dusk is commonly used as another word for evening twilight—the period from sunset until nighttime. Other colloquial synonyms include nightfall, sundown, and eventide. In some contexts, dusk is also used to denote the setting of the Sun.

The Sun is currently in the constellation of Gemini. The current Right Ascension is 06h 08m 38s and the Declination is +23° 25' 09”.

What is it called when the sun and moon are in the sky together? ›

Sun and Moon are in syzygy—i.e., aligned with the Earth. Conjunction is the time during new moon when the Sun and Moon lie on the same side of the Earth.

A new moon, the first of the eight phases of the moon. Depicts the moon as a full, bluish- or grayish-black, cratered disc, not illuminated by the sun. May be used to represent the moon more generally, nighttime, outer space, and astronomy. May also be used to convey enchanting or eerie feelings.

The First Quarter Moon rises in the middle of the day and can be seen in the daytime sky. Half of the side of the Moon facing Earth is illuminated by the Sun. The First Quarter Moon is also seen against a starry night sky until it sets below the western horizon at approximately midnight, leaving the sky very dark.

The December solstice (winter solstice) in New York City is at 4:20 am on Saturday, December 21, 2024. In terms of daylight, this day is 5 hours, 50 minutes shorter than the June solstice. In most locations north of the equator, the shortest day of the year is around this date.

Nautical Twilight

This period also usually lasts around 30 minutes and the primary color cast across the atmosphere is usually a deep blue tone with still noticeable orange and yellow hues left over from the fading sun.

The duration from full moon to new moon (or new moon to full moon) varies from approximately 13 days 22+1⁄2 hours to about 15 days 14+1⁄2 hours.

Since a new moon will be overhead at noon, it will therefore rise around 6 a.m. and set around 6 p.m. The sequence of names for moon phases (starting at new moon), as illustrated above, is: new moon, crescent waxing, half-moon waxing, gibbous waxing, full moon, gibbous waning,half-moon waning, and crescent waning.

The Strawberry Moon will turn full on Friday evening, June 21, at 9:08 p.m. EDT.

Thus, during New Moon, we do not see the Moon in our sky at all. Using the logic from the paragraph above, even though we can't directly see the New Moon, we know that the New Moon transits at 12 PM (noon), sets at sunset (about 6 PM), and rises at sunrise (6 AM).