Moon Phase Today Australia

Moon Phase Today Australia: New Moon

On Saturday 10 October 2026, the moon phase today in Australia is a New Moon, with 0% illumination. Next full moon: 26 Oct.

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Times shown for Sydney (Eastern Australia Time). Search your own city — Australia spans three time zones with mixed daylight-saving rules.

Moon phase diagram
Illumination
0%
Moon Age
29.0d
Full Moon phase diagram
Next Full Moon
26 Oct
New Moon phase diagram
Next New Moon
11 Oct
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Australia Moon Phase FAQ

On Saturday 10 October 2026, the moon phase today in Australia is a New Moon, with 0% illumination. Next full moon: 26 Oct. The Moon is about 29.0 days into its 29.5-day cycle.
The phase itself doesn't change from place to place — everyone on the night side of Earth sees the same phase at the same moment. What does shift across Australia is moonrise and moonset time, because the country spans about 40° of longitude and several time zones, and the Moon's position in the sky, since latitude changes how high it arcs. In the tropical north the Moon can pass close to overhead, while in the south it stays lower in the sky.
All times on this page use the local time of the city you search for. Australia has three standard time zones — Western (AWST, UTC+8), Central (ACST, UTC+9:30) and Eastern (AEST, UTC+10) — and New South Wales, Victoria, the ACT, Tasmania and South Australia move their clocks forward for daylight saving from the first Sunday of October to the first Sunday of April. Western Australia, the Northern Territory and Queensland do not. Whichever city you choose, the times shown are already adjusted to its local clock.
A full moon happens roughly every 29.5 days — the length of the synodic month, the time it takes the Moon to cycle through all its phases as seen from Earth. That works out to about 12 or 13 full moons a year. Check the "Next Full Moon" figure on the calculator above for the exact upcoming date.
It's a matter of perspective, not a different Moon. From the Southern Hemisphere you view the Moon from the opposite side of the equator, so its face appears rotated 180° compared with photos taken in Europe or North America — familiar features like the "Man in the Moon" appear flipped. The lit side is mirrored too: a waxing (growing) Moon is lit on its left from Australia, and a waning Moon on its right. Closer to the equator, in northern Australia, crescents often sit tilted like a bowl or "smile". See the "Moon Phases Explained" section further down this page for more on how each phase actually looks.
Yes — type any Australian city into the location search on the calculator at the top of this page. We're also building out dedicated pages for individual cities with local viewing spots and tips; browse what's live so far in the "Explore Australia & New Zealand Cities" section above.
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Moon Phases Explained

The Moon doesn't change shape — only the angle of sunlight across its surface does. As it orbits Earth over 29.5 days, that shifting angle produces eight distinct phases, each with its own character and its own best targets for observation.

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How this looks from Australia

Australia is the first Southern Hemisphere page on this site, and that's a genuinely different kind of difference from country to country — not just a steeper or shallower angle, but a mirrored one. A waxing crescent that grows on the right side as seen from London or Tokyo grows on the left side as seen from Sydney or Perth, because Southern Hemisphere observers are effectively upside down relative to the Northern Hemisphere sky. The diagrams below are drawn to match that — this is the only page on the site where the phase icons are mirrored to reflect what you'd actually see. The Moon's whole path across the sky is flipped the same way — it tracks through the north of the sky here, not the south.

Australia's own latitude range — from around 10°S in the far tropical north down to 44°S in Tasmania, with Sydney at roughly 34°S — is comparable in scale to Europe's, just on the other side of the equator. Use the calculator above for exact moonrise, moonset, and phase times wherever you are in Australia.

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