Waxing Gibbous
98%
- Rise
- 4:08 PM
- Set
- 5:39 AM
Moon Phases November 2009 in Toronto, Ontario
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Daily moon phases, illumination, moonrise and moonset for Toronto, in local time (America/Toronto). Next full moon: Hunter's Moon on Monday, November 2.
Toronto · Sunday, November 1, 2009 Today
Waxing Gibbous
- Illumination
- 98.4%
- Moon age
- 14.5 days
- Distance
- 382,215 km
- Moonrise
- 4:08 PM
- Moonset
- 5:39 AM
- Highest
- 11:23 PM
at . Next: Full Moon on Mon, Nov 2 at 2:13 PM. Hunter's Moon in 1 days.
Between first quarter and full moon the Moon is waxing gibbous: more than half lit and growing each night. It rises in the afternoon, dominates the evening sky and sets after midnight.
Click any day in the calendar or pick a date above to see its details here.
November 2009 calendar
Hunter's Moon
- Rise
- 4:39 PM
- Set
- 6:51 AM
Waning Gibbous
99%
- Rise
- 5:18 PM
- Set
- 8:05 AM
Waning Gibbous
95%
- Rise
- 6:07 PM
- Set
- 9:17 AM
Waning Gibbous
89%
- Rise
- 7:07 PM
- Set
- 10:24 AM
Waning Gibbous
81%
- Rise
- 8:17 PM
- Set
- 11:20 AM
Waning Gibbous
72%
- Rise
- 9:32 PM
- Set
- 12:06 PM
Waning Gibbous
61%
- Rise
- 10:49 PM
- Set
- 12:43 PM
Last Quarter
- Rise
- —
- Set
- 1:14 PM
Waning Crescent
38%
- Rise
- 12:04 AM
- Set
- 1:40 PM
Waning Crescent
28%
- Rise
- 1:18 AM
- Set
- 2:03 PM
Waning Crescent
18%
- Rise
- 2:31 AM
- Set
- 2:27 PM
Waning Crescent
11%
- Rise
- 3:43 AM
- Set
- 2:51 PM
Waning Crescent
5%
- Rise
- 4:54 AM
- Set
- 3:17 PM
Waning Crescent
1%
- Rise
- 6:06 AM
- Set
- 3:48 PM
New Moon
- Rise
- 7:16 AM
- Set
- 4:24 PM
Waxing Crescent
1%
- Rise
- 8:21 AM
- Set
- 5:07 PM
Waxing Crescent
4%
- Rise
- 9:20 AM
- Set
- 5:58 PM
Waxing Crescent
8%
- Rise
- 10:11 AM
- Set
- 6:54 PM
Waxing Crescent
14%
- Rise
- 10:53 AM
- Set
- 7:55 PM
Waxing Crescent
22%
- Rise
- 11:27 AM
- Set
- 8:58 PM
Waxing Crescent
30%
- Rise
- 11:55 AM
- Set
- 10:00 PM
Waxing Crescent
39%
- Rise
- 12:19 PM
- Set
- 11:03 PM
First Quarter
- Rise
- 12:41 PM
- Set
- —
Waxing Gibbous
58%
- Rise
- 1:01 PM
- Set
- 12:05 AM
Waxing Gibbous
67%
- Rise
- 1:21 PM
- Set
- 1:07 AM
Waxing Gibbous
76%
- Rise
- 1:42 PM
- Set
- 2:11 AM
Waxing Gibbous
84%
- Rise
- 2:06 PM
- Set
- 3:18 AM
Waxing Gibbous
91%
- Rise
- 2:35 PM
- Set
- 4:28 AM
Waxing Gibbous
96%
- Rise
- 3:10 PM
- Set
- 5:41 AM
Times are local to Toronto (America/Toronto). A dash means the moon does not rise or set on that date.
Moon phases in November 2009
| Phase | Local date and time | UTC |
|---|---|---|
| Full Moon · Hunter's Moon | Mon, Nov 2 at 2:13 PM | Nov 2, 19:13 |
| Last Quarter | Mon, Nov 9 at 10:55 AM | Nov 9, 15:55 |
| New Moon | Mon, Nov 16 at 2:13 PM | Nov 16, 19:13 |
| First Quarter | Tue, Nov 24 at 4:39 PM | Nov 24, 21:39 |
About the Waxing Gibbous
Between first quarter and full moon the Moon is waxing gibbous: more than half lit and growing each night. It rises in the afternoon, dominates the evening sky and sets after midnight.
Its brightness climbs quickly during this phase, from about a tenth of full-moon brightness at first quarter to full within a week, because the Moon's rough surface reflects most strongly when the Sun is directly behind the observer.
Lore and folklore
The swelling moon was traditionally a time of increase: livestock fattened, crops filled out, and anything meant to grow was tended now. In some traditions it was the best time to gather herbs, when their vigour was thought to peak.
Gibbous comes from the Latin for hump-backed, a plain description of the bulging shape.
Trivia
- The Moon's brightness is not proportional to the lit area; a half moon is only about a tenth as bright as a full moon.
- The waxing gibbous is the phase most often noticed in daytime, high in the afternoon sky.
- Around this phase the bright crater rays, streaks of ejected rock, become obvious to the naked eye.
- The gibbous Moon rises later each day by anything from 30 to 70 minutes depending on the season.
Select any day in the calendar to read about its phase.
This month's full moon: the Hunter's Moon
The first full moon after the Harvest Moon, when fields were cleared and game was easy to spot and fatten for winter.
Also called the Blood Moon or Sanguine Moon in some traditions, from the hunt rather than from eclipses. It shares the Harvest Moon habit of rising soon after sunset for several nights.
Lore
With the fields cleared after harvest, game was easy to spot by the light of October's moon, and the season of laying in meat for winter began. The Blood Moon and Sanguine Moon names come from that hunt, not from eclipses. In Britain the same moon was sometimes the Dying Grass Moon.
Trivia
- The Hunter's Moon is always the full moon after the Harvest Moon, so it moves to November when the Harvest Moon is in October.
- It shares the Harvest Moon's early-rising trick for several evenings.
- In some years the Hunter's Moon is a supermoon, appearing especially large as it rises.
Gardening by the Moon in November 2009
- Nov 1 to Nov 2 · Fruiting crops: Sow above-ground crops whose seeds form inside the fruit: beans, peas, tomatoes, peppers, squash, cucumbers, melons. Graft, repot and sow lawns.
- Nov 3 to Nov 9 · Root crops: Plant root crops and anything that overwinters: carrots, beets, potatoes, onions, garlic, bulbs, perennials, trees and shrubs. Prune to slow growth.
- Nov 10 to Nov 16 · Rest and tend: Rest days for the soil: weed, cultivate, turn compost, harvest crops for storage, prune to discourage regrowth, prepare beds. Avoid sowing.
- Nov 17 to Nov 24 · Leafy crops: 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.
- Nov 25 to Nov 30 · Fruiting crops: Sow above-ground crops whose seeds form inside the fruit: beans, peas, tomatoes, peppers, squash, cucumbers, melons. Graft, repot and sow lawns.
Full planting calendar for November › · How gardening by the moon works
How to read this moon calendar
Each day shows the Moon as it looks from Toronto at midday local time, with the illuminated percentage, moonrise and moonset. Days with a principal phase show the exact local time the phase occurs. Because the Moon moves about 50 minutes later each day, roughly once a month there is a date with no moonrise or no moonset at all.
The eight phases of the Moon
New Moon
The Moon sits between Earth and the Sun. Its lit side faces away from us, so it is invisible in the night sky. A new lunar month begins.
Waxing Crescent
A thin sliver grows each evening after sunset. Look low in the west shortly after dusk.
First Quarter
Half the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midday and sets around midnight, so it is high in the sky at sunset.
Waxing Gibbous
More than half lit and growing. It rises in the afternoon and shines most of the night.
Full Moon
The whole face is lit. It rises at sunset and sets at sunrise. Each full moon carries a traditional name.
Waning Gibbous
The lit portion shrinks. It rises after sunset and is still up in the morning sky.
Last Quarter
Half lit again, on the opposite side. It rises around midnight and is best seen in the early morning.
Waning Crescent
A thinning sliver before dawn in the east, fading toward the next new moon.
Why does the Moon have phases? › · Next new moon · Next full moon