Sky Guides
How to Find the Orion Nebula
The Orion Nebula is the easiest deep-sky object in the sky and the one most worth a look: a cloud of glowing gas 1,300 light-years away where stars…
Moon Phase Today
Tonight's moon, the next full moon and what is happening in the sky, computed for Dallas, Texas
Tonight in Dallas · Saturday, November 14, 2026 Today
Waxing Crescent
- Illumination
- 25.2%
- Moon age
- 5.5 days
- Distance
- 405,066 km
- Moonrise
- 11:38 AM
- Moonset
- 9:45 PM
- Highest
- 4:39 PM
at . Next: First Quarter on Tue, Nov 17 at 5:47 AM. Beaver Moon in 10 days.
The waxing crescent appears low in the western sky after sunset in the days following new moon, a sliver that grows a little each evening.
Click any day in the calendar or pick a date above to see its details here.
Next full moon
Beaver Moon
Beavers finish their lodges and dams in November before the freeze, and trappers once set their traps then.
Full moon calendar ›Coming up in the sky
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Southern Taurids · Meteor Showers
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Northern Taurids · Meteor Showers
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Mars and Jupiter close together · Planets
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Leonids · Meteor Showers
Planets tonight
Choose a location to see which planets are up tonight.
Planet guide ›Gardening by the Moon
Leafy crops · first quarter (new moon to first quarter)
Sow leafy crops and above-ground annuals whose seeds form outside the fruit: lettuce, spinach, cabbage, broccoli, celery, herbs. Transplant seedlings. Mow to encourage growth.
This month's planting calendar ›Latest from the blog
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Full moon calendar
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Astronomical events
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Planets tonight
Which planets are up from your city, how high, how bright, and every opposition and conjunction.
Gardening by the Moon
The four-quarter planting rule applied to this month, day by day.
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