Sharjah, United Arab Emirates Moonrise, Moonset, Moon illumination

Moonrise, moonset, moon position, illumination and phases in Sharjah (United Arab Emirates, Ash Shāriqah). Current time: Thursday, 2026-04-30, 04:56 (GMT+04:00) Asia/Dubai . All times are shown in Sharjah local time. Minimal illumination of the moon today: 96.61%, Maximal illumination for this day: 99.26%. Next full moon will be at: 2026-05-01, 21:24; remaining time: 1d 16h 28m 2s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	17:48
Moonset:	04:35

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 396 190 km
246 181 mi
Sharjah ↔ Moon, nearest point: 394 771 km
245 299 mi
View angle: 0.503°

Sharjah on map:

Sharjah

Info

Local timezone:	GMT+04:00
Latitude:	25.33737°
Longitude:	55.41206°
Country:	United Arab Emirates Ash Shāriqah
Population:	543 733

Moon phase, Moon illumination Today

Moon illumination 0-24h (Current: 97.3%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 13 Day, 5 hours, 14 minutes. (≈13.218 Day)

Moon illumination angle = -2°

Sharjah, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: -3.3°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 258.7°):

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Moonrise, moonset and phases in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-04-28	2026-04-29	2026-04-30	2026-05-01	2026-05-02
Day:	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
Moonrise:	16:00:00	16:54:00	17:48:00	18:43:00	19:39:00
Moonset:	03:34:00	04:04:00	04:35:00	05:07:00	05:42:00

Sharjah moonrise, moonset and phase informations for whole month (or Year 2026):

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