This month’s moons, in your menu bar
Today’s moon by the clock, and the whole month a click away.
One cycle, 29.5 days
Each day, Luna Latch finds the moon on this curve: its name, how much of it is lit and how old it is.
- Waxing crescent
- Waxing gibbous
- Waning gibbous
- Waning crescent
- New moon0%Day 0
- First quarter50%Day 7.4
- Full moon100%Day 14.8
- Last quarter50%Day 22.1
- New moon0%Day 29.5
Tonight, or any night this year
- Moonrise and moonset
- For your city, picked from over 34,000 in a built-in list.
- Distance from Earth
- Tagged Supermoon or Micromoon on full moon days.
- Copy with ⌘ C
- Today’s moon as a line of text, ready to paste.
- Hover any day
- Its phase, how much is lit and the moon’s age.
- Countdowns
- Days to the next full moon and the next new moon, with the time.
- Print it or wear it
- Save a month as a PDF in A4 or Letter, or as a wallpaper sized to your display.
- Twelve months at once
- Every day’s moon, a small calendar for each month.
- Click a day
- Its month opens, with the day’s details below it.
Tuned to your sky
Set it once, then leave it in the menu bar.
Reminders
Before full and new moons, supermoons, blue moons and eclipses.
Menu bar text
Days to the full moon, or how much is lit.
Hemisphere
In the south, the moon turns to match your sky.
Shortcut and login
Your keys open it from any app. It can start at login.
Needs a Mac, not the internet
Every moon is calculated on your Mac, after Jean Meeus’s Astronomical Algorithms.
| macOS | 14 Sonoma or later |
|---|---|
| Mac | Apple silicon or Intel |
| Internet | Never used |
| Location Services | Not used. You pick a city or type coordinates. |
| Data collected | None. Read the privacy policy. |
Tonight’s moon is one click away
