Full Moon Moonrise Times for 100 US Cities (2026–2027)
Exact local moonrise time for every full moon from October 2026 through December 2027, computed for America's 100 largest cities — including a supermoon on Christmas Eve 2026.
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Aryan Khan
Founder & Editor of MapBench
Aryan Khan leads MapBench's product direction, editorial standards, methodology review and corrections process. His work focuses on making geographic tools useful for ordinary questions while keeping the calculation method, source data and limitations visible.
Interactive tools
429
Map and geography utilities maintained across MapBench.
Published guides
27
Long-form practical explanations tied to real mapping tasks.
Original studies
11
Reproducible geographic comparisons with stated methods.
What he works on
Tool design and usefulness
MapBench tools are reviewed as practical workflows, not isolated formulas. Inputs, map interaction, outputs, exports and explanatory text are improved together so a user can understand both the answer and how it was produced.
Method and source review
Distance, area, routing, coordinates, elevation, time-zone and file-processing pages are checked against the method implemented in code and the documented upstream dataset or service.
Readable geographic content
Guides are written around real decisions and common mistakes. The aim is to explain enough context for a reader to choose the right tool rather than pad a page to a target word count.
Corrections and limitations
Estimates are labelled as estimates, public boundaries are not presented as legal surveys, and high-stakes use is directed to official or qualified professional sources when appropriate.
How MapBench content is reviewed
A calculated number is not treated as automatically authoritative. Tool pages explain the method behind the result, distinguish estimates from official data, and identify important limits. Original studies state dataset scope and ranking logic so the analysis can be checked instead of treated as a black box.
Selected guides
Long-form MapBench articles edited under Aryan's editorial responsibility.
Radius vs. Drive Time vs. Straight-Line Distance: Which Map Should You Use?
A practical guide to choosing between a radius circle, road travel-time map and straight-line distance so your result matches the real question you are trying to answer.
Read guide →How Far Is Every US State Capital From the Coast?
We measured the straight-line distance from all 50 US state capitals to the nearest coastline. Pierre, South Dakota is the most landlocked at 924.4 miles — explore the full ranked table.
Read guide →How to Measure Land Area on a Map: Acres, Hectares and Square Feet
Learn how map-based area measurement works, how to trace a parcel more accurately, how acres and hectares relate, and when an online estimate is not enough.
Read guide →How to Choose a Fair Meeting Point Between Two or More Places
A practical guide to geographic midpoints, travel-time fairness and choosing a meeting location that works in the real world rather than only on a straight-line map.
Read guide →Map Projections Explained: Why Every Flat World Map Distorts Something
Understand why flat maps change area, shape, distance or direction, why Mercator looks the way it does, and how to choose a projection for the job.
Read guide →Find My Location: GPS vs IP Address vs VPN — What's Actually Accurate?
Why your phone, your public IP, and a VPN can all report different places — and which one to trust when you need real coordinates.
Read guide →Drive Time Map vs Radius Circle: Which One Should You Use?
A radius is equal distance in every direction. A drive-time map follows roads and speed. Here’s when each shape answers the real question.
Read guide →Original studies
MapBench studies published under Aryan Khan's editorial oversight.
The Most Isolated Major Cities in MapBench's World-City Dataset
2026-10-13
Which Major Cities Have the Most Other Major Cities Within 500 km?
2026-10-13
Which Major Cities Have Another Major City Closest to Their Antipode?
2026-10-13
The Closest Major-City Pairs in the MapBench Dataset
2026-10-14
The Farthest Major-City Pairs in the MapBench Dataset
2026-10-14
Which Major Cities Sit Closest to the Equator?
2026-10-14
Which Major Cities Sit Closest to the Prime Meridian?
2026-10-14
Which Major Cities Have the Largest Dataset Population Within 1,000 km?
2026-10-14
Largest Country Geometries in the MapBench World Dataset
2026-10-14
Which Countries Span the Most Longitude?
2026-10-14
Which Countries Have the Northernmost Geographic Centroids?
2026-10-14
Corrections and contact
If you find a calculation issue, source problem or factual error, email contact@mapbench.site. Technical tool issues can be sent to support@mapbench.site.