Moon Phase over Your Town in Illinois Tonight

Towns in Illinois

Select a Nearby Illinois Town Below to See Your Moon:

Alton Aurora Belleville Bloomington Cahokia Cairo Carbondale Murphysboro Centralia Chicago Lansing Chicago Midway Chicago Waukegan Chicago West Chicago Wheeling Chicago Danville Dekalb Decatur Effingham Fairfield Flora Freeport Galesburg Harrisburg Jacksonville Joliet Kankakee Lacon Lawrenceville Lincoln Litchfield Macomb Marion Mattoon Charleston Metropolis Moline Morris Mount Carmel Mount Sterling Mount Vernon Olney Noble Paris Peoria Peru Pittsfield Pontiac Quincy Rantoul Robinson Rochelle Rockford Salem Savanna Savoy Schaumburg Sparta Springfield Sterling Rockfalls Taylorville

Nightfall and Moonrise over Illinois

The Cahokia Mounds fade into darkness at night, their ancient shapes barely visible under a sky filled with twinkling stars. Springfield’s night air holds the sweet scent of prairie roses, the soft buzz of cicadas filling the silence near the Lincoln Tomb. Evanston’s coyotes howl near Lake Michigan at night, their calls echoing as they roam the dunes under the moon’s pale light. Cahokia’s nightjar hums, resting on the mounds at night. Alone in , New York, I stare at the moon, its glow a comfort in the dark. New York is located in the United States Mid West, and is nestled in its part of New York. The longitude of is -73.9857 degrees, and the latitude is 40.7577 degrees. As they say in Illinois, "State Sovereignty, National Union."

The current moon phase is called a Full Moon. The moonrise, moonset, and the moon's appearance changes based on the viewer's location. Go out and observe!