Cairns, Australia Moonrise, Moonset, Moon illumination

Moonrise, moonset, moon position, illumination and phases in Cairns (Australia, Queensland). Current time: Friday, 2026-11-13, 08:53 (GMT+10:00) Australia/Brisbane . All times are shown in Cairns local time. Minimal illumination of the moon today: 9.88%, Maximal illumination for this day: 16.22%. Next full moon will be at: 2026-11-25, 00:55; remaining time: 11d 16h 1m 9s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	08:17
Moonset:	21:56

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 405 394 km
251 900 mi
Cairns ↔ Moon, nearest point: 402 852 km
250 320 mi
View angle: 0.491°

Cairns on map:

Cairns

Info

Local timezone:	GMT+10:00
Latitude:	-16.92304°
Longitude:	145.76625°
Country:	Australia Queensland
Population:	153 075

Moon phase, Moon illumination Today

Moon illumination 0-24h (Current: 12.1%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 3 Day, 8 hours, 5 minutes. (≈3.337 Day)

Moon illumination angle = 113°

Cairns, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: 6.8°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 116.8°):

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Moonrise, moonset and phases in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-11-11	2026-11-12	2026-11-13	2026-11-14	2026-11-15
Day:	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Moonrise:	06:36:00	07:26:00	08:17:00	09:10:00	10:02:00
Moonset:	20:13:00	21:06:00	21:56:00	22:42:00	23:25:00

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

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