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Lunar phase today Des moines

Lunar Day 22

Moon phase today January 29, 2026

What is moon today in Des moines?

Today's lunar phase in Des moines, United States, the moon is in 🌔 the Waxing Gibbous phase, with 90.27% illumination, with an age of 11.78 days. The current distance between Des moines, United States and the moon is 365,801.14km.

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Moon phase today

Note: all moon data below it's analytic based on this location coordinates latitude 41.5739 and longitude -93.6167 also base on Time zone America/Chicago because of that and for higher accuracy you will find it different from place to place.
Thursday, January 29, 2026
11:10:48 PM
Lunar Day 22
Waxing Gibbous
90.27%
Des moines
United States
  • Location:
    United States, Des moines
  • Moon phase:
    🌔 Waxing Gibbous
  • Lunar day (Moon Age):
    11.78
  • Illumination:
    90.27%
  • MoonRise/MoonSet:
    13:37/05:01
  • Altitude:
    -15.8°
  • Period:
    🕑 8 Hours and 36 Minutes
  • Angular diameter:
    31.19°
  • Distance to Des moines:
    365,801.14km
  • Next full Moon:
    January 31, 2026 at 4:05 PM
  • Next full Moon countdown:
    1 Days, 16 Hours and 54 Minutes

Upcoming moon phases

January 30, 2026
Lunar Day 11
Waxing Gibbous
Illumination: 90.51%
Rise
14:48
Set
06:03
January 31, 2026
Lunar Day 12
Full Moon
Illumination: 96.24%
Rise
16:05
Set
06:52
February 1, 2026
Lunar Day 14
Full Moon
Illumination: 99.39%
Rise
17:24
Set
07:30
February 2, 2026
Lunar Day 15
Full Moon
Illumination: 99.86%
Rise
18:39
Set
08:00
February 3, 2026
Lunar Day 16
Full Moon
Illumination: 97.79%
Rise
19:51
Set
08:25
February 4, 2026
Lunar Day 17
Waning Gibbous
Illumination: 93.47%
Rise
20:59
Set
08:47
February 5, 2026
Lunar Day 18
Waning Gibbous
Illumination: 87.33%
Rise
22:04
Set
09:07

Current moon cycle

It's common to give the moon four phases names (Moon Cycle), it's like they divide the moon phases to forth different times, First one is the new moon, second one is the first quarter, third one full moon, fourth one and the last it's the last quarter, In the below we will list for you the current moon cycles with the four times that we talked about
PhaseStart DateMoonriseMoonrsetIlluminationAge
🌑 New MoonMonday, January 19, 202608:2418:120.16%0.38
🌓 First QuarterSunday, January 25, 202610:4300:0039.55%6.39
🌕 Full MoonSaturday, January 31, 202616:0506:5296.24%12.93
🌗 Last QuarterSunday, February 8, 202600:1310:1262.14%21

Moon Phase Calendar for January, 2026

SundayMondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFridaySaturday
    
1Waxing Gibbous🌔 93.16%Age 12.28
2Full Moon🌕 97.97%Age 13.42
3Full Moon🌕 99.95%Age 14.57
4Full Moon🌕 99.03%Age 15.69
5Waning Gibbous🌖 95.42%Age 16.79
6Waning Gibbous🌖 89.55%Age 17.86
7Waning Gibbous🌖 81.97%Age 18.89
8Waning Gibbous🌖 73.22%Age 19.88
9Last Quarter🌗 63.78%Age 20.84
10Last Quarter🌗 54.08%Age 21.76
11Last Quarter🌗 44.43%Age 22.67
12Last Quarter🌗 35.13%Age 23.57
13Waning Crescent🌘 26.44%Age 24.45
14Waning Crescent🌘 18.59%Age 25.34
15Waning Crescent🌘 11.82%Age 26.23
16Waning Crescent🌘 6.38%Age 27.13
17New Moon🌑 2.49%Age 28.04
18New Moon🌑 0.36%Age 28.97
19New Moon🌑 0.16%Age 0.38
20New Moon🌑 2.02%Age 1.34
21Waxing Crescent🌒 5.96%Age 2.32
22Waxing Crescent🌒 11.92%Age 3.31
23Waxing Crescent🌒 19.72%Age 4.32
24Waxing Crescent🌒 29.06%Age 5.35
25First Quarter🌓 39.55%Age 6.39
26First Quarter🌓 50.73%Age 7.45
27First Quarter🌓 62.03%Age 8.52
28Waxing Gibbous🌔 72.84%Age 9.61
29Waxing Gibbous🌔 82.54%Age 10.71
30Waxing Gibbous🌔 90.51%Age 11.82
31Full Moon🌕 96.24%Age 12.93