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Moon in Montevideo

Today the moon over Montevideo, Uruguay is in the Waxing Gibbous phase at 91% illumination. Moonrise is 15:35 and moonset is 03:45.

Waxing Gibbous

91% illuminated

🌒 Moonrise

15:35

Rises in the E 94°

🌘 Moonset

03:45

Sets in the W 262°

Next phases

🌑 New Moon — Mon, Nov 9, 2026

🌕 Full Moon — Mon, Oct 26, 2026

October 2026 — daily moon phases

Moonrise and moonset in Montevideo local time, plus how many hours of each night are truly dark — the sun more than 18° below the horizon and the moon down. The best nights for stars, meteors and the Milky Way are highlighted.

Date Phase Illumination Moonrise Moonset Dark sky
1 Thu Waning Gibbous 67% — 09:13 4h 20m
2 Fri Last Quarter 57% 00:38 10:13 5h 30m
3 Sat Last Quarter 46% 01:42 11:21 6h 20m
4 Sun Waning Crescent 36% 02:37 12:34 7h 00m
5 Mon Waning Crescent 26% 03:22 13:48 7h 40m
6 Tue Waning Crescent 17% 03:59 15:00 8h 10m
7 Wed Waning Crescent 10% 04:32 16:08 8h 30m
8 Thu Waning Crescent 5% 05:00 17:13 8h 20m
9 Fri Waning Crescent 1% 05:27 18:17 8h 20m
10 Sat New Moon 0% 05:53 19:19 8h 20m
11 Sun Waxing Crescent 1% 06:21 20:22 8h 20m
12 Mon Waxing Crescent 4% 06:51 21:24 7h 10m
13 Tue Waxing Crescent 10% 07:25 22:24 6h 10m
14 Wed Waxing Crescent 17% 08:03 23:22 5h 10m
15 Thu Waxing Crescent 25% 08:49 — 4h 20m
16 Fri Waxing Crescent 35% 09:39 00:15 3h 20m
17 Sat First Quarter 45% 10:35 01:03 2h 40m
18 Sun First Quarter 56% 11:34 01:44 2h 10m
19 Mon Waxing Gibbous 66% 12:34 02:19 1h 40m
20 Tue Waxing Gibbous 76% 13:34 02:51 1h 00m
21 Wed Waxing Gibbous 84% 14:35 03:18 0h 40m
22 Thu Waxing Gibbous 91% 15:35 03:45 0h 10m
23 Fri Waxing Gibbous 96% 16:37 04:10 —
24 Sat Full Moon 99% 17:41 04:37 —
25 Sun Full Moon 100% 18:48 05:06 —
26 Mon Waning Gibbous 99% 19:57 05:38 —
27 Tue Waning Gibbous 95% 21:09 06:16 0h 30m
28 Wed Waning Gibbous 89% 22:21 07:03 1h 40m
29 Thu Waning Gibbous 82% 23:28 08:00 2h 40m
30 Fri Waning Gibbous 73% — 09:05 3h 40m
31 Sat Waning Gibbous 63% 00:26 10:16 4h 30m

Moon questions for Montevideo

When is the best time for stargazing in Montevideo?

Around new moon, when the moon is down for the whole of the dark part of the night. In October 2026 the nights with the most moonless darkness in Montevideo start on 5–11 October, with up to 8h 30m of fully dark sky (sun more than 18° below the horizon, moon below the horizon).

Which way up does the moon look from Montevideo?

Seen from Montevideo, in the Southern Hemisphere, the moon looks upside down compared with European or North American pictures: a waxing moon is lit on the left and a waning moon on the right. The moon emoji on this page follow the northern convention.

When is the Harvest Moon in Montevideo?

The Harvest Moon is the full moon closest to the March equinox — the start of autumn in the Southern Hemisphere. In Montevideo it falls on 1 April 2026 and on 22 March 2027. The traditional moon names in the full-moon table below follow Northern Hemisphere seasons, so they don't use this name.

Full moons in Montevideo, 2026–2027

The exact moment of each full moon, converted to Montevideo local time, with the traditional name for that month's moon and when it rises over the city that day. A full moon rises around sunset, so the evening of the listed date — or the one before, if the full moon falls in the early morning — is the best time to see it.

DateExact timeNameMoonrise that day
Sat 3 January 2026 07:03 Wolf Moon 20:47
Sun 1 February 2026 19:10 Snow Moon 20:03
Tue 3 March 2026 08:39 Worm Moon 19:32
Wed 1 April 2026 23:13 Pink Moon 18:23
Fri 1 May 2026 14:24 Flower Moon 17:46
Sun 31 May 2026 05:46 Blue Moon 17:39
Mon 29 June 2026 20:57 Strawberry Moon 17:14
Wed 29 July 2026 11:36 Buck Moon 18:03
Fri 28 August 2026 01:19 Sturgeon Moon 18:56
Sat 26 September 2026 13:49 Corn Moon 18:50
Mon 26 October 2026 01:12 Hunter's Moon 19:57
Tue 24 November 2026 11:54 Beaver Moon 20:03
Wed 23 December 2026 22:28 Cold Moon 20:01
Fri 22 January 2027 09:18 Wolf Moon 20:21
Sat 20 February 2027 20:24 Snow Moon 19:28
Mon 22 March 2027 07:44 Worm Moon 18:54
Tue 20 April 2027 19:27 Pink Moon 17:53
Thu 20 May 2027 07:59 Flower Moon 17:43
Fri 18 June 2027 21:45 Strawberry Moon 17:15
Sun 18 July 2027 12:45 Buck Moon 17:58
Tue 17 August 2027 04:29 Sturgeon Moon 18:43
Wed 15 September 2027 20:04 Corn Moon 18:28
Fri 15 October 2027 10:47 Hunter's Moon 19:15
Sun 14 November 2027 00:26 Beaver Moon 20:16
Mon 13 December 2027 13:09 Cold Moon 20:10

Times calculated with Jean Meeus's lunar phase algorithm (accurate to about a minute). A Blue Moon is the second full moon in a calendar month. The traditional names come from Northern Hemisphere seasons, so they run six months out of step with the seasons in Montevideo.

More for Montevideo

Keep exploring Montevideo: local time, sunrise and sunset, weather, and the exact IANA zone behind these times.

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About moon data for Montevideo

Moonrise and moonset times are calculated for Montevideo's coordinates (-34.90°, -56.16°) using standard lunar geometry. The lunar phase is independent of location — illumination percent and phase name are the same for any observer on Earth.

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