Moon Phase Today Mexico

Moon Phase Today Mexico: Waning Crescent

On Sunday 4 October 2026, the moon phase today in Mexico is a Waning Crescent, with 34% illumination. Next full moon: 25 Oct.

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Times shown for Mexico City (Central Zone). Search your own city — Mexico spans four time zones.

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Illumination
34%
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Moon Age
23.6d
Full Moon phase diagram
Next Full Moon
25 Oct
New Moon phase diagram
Next New Moon
10 Oct

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Mexico Moon Phase FAQ

On Sunday, October 4, 2026, the moon in Mexico City is a Waning Crescent with 34% illumination. Moon age: 23.6 days. The phase itself is the same across the whole of Mexico at any given moment — use the calculator at the top of this page to check illumination and moonrise/moonset for any other Mexican city.
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 Mexico is moonrise and moonset time, mostly with longitude: the country spans about 30° from the Pacific coast of Baja California to the Yucatán Peninsula, which is why it uses several time zones. The Moon's exact position in the sky also varies with latitude — in southern Mexico the Moon can pass close to overhead, while along the northern border it arcs lower.
All times on this page use the local time of the city you search for. Mexico has four time zones, from UTC−5 in Quintana Roo (Cancún) and UTC−6 across most of the country, including Mexico City, to UTC−7 in states such as Sonora, Sinaloa and Baja California Sur, and UTC−8 in Baja California. Mexico abolished daylight saving time in October 2022, so most of the country keeps the same clock all year. The exceptions are Baja California (including Tijuana and Mexicali) and certain northern border municipalities such as Ciudad Juárez, which follow the US schedule from the second Sunday of March to the first Sunday of November.
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 latitude effect, not a different Moon. Mexico sits between roughly 15°N and 33°N, with the Tropic of Cancer crossing the country, so crescents here are tilted much flatter than in northern Europe — in the south they often lie like a bowl or "smiley face", while the terminator runs steeper toward the US border. See the "Moon Phases Explained" section further down this page for more on how each phase actually looks.
Yes — type any Mexican city into the location search on the calculator at the top of this page. We're also building out dedicated pages for individual Mexican cities with local viewing spots and tips; browse what's live so far in the "Explore Mexican 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 Mexico

Mexico spans a huge latitude range — from around 32°N at the US border down to roughly 14°N near the Guatemalan frontier — but Mexico City itself sits at just 19.4°N, genuinely closer to the tropics than almost anywhere else covered on this site. At that latitude, the terminator runs noticeably more horizontal than it does from higher-latitude cities like London or Berlin, and the horizontal "smiley face" crescent occasionally photographed near the equator becomes a real possibility here, especially from southern states like Chiapas or the Yucatán. Use the calculator above for exact moonrise, moonset, and phase times wherever you are in Mexico.

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