Cairns, Australia Moonrise, Moonset, Moon illumination

Moonrise, moonset, moon position, illumination and phases in Cairns (Australia, Queensland). Current time: Wednesday, 2026-09-23, 01:07 (GMT+10:00) Australia/Brisbane . All times are shown in Cairns local time. Minimal illumination of the moon today: 82.71%, Maximal illumination for this day: 89.57%. Next full moon will be at: 2026-09-27, 02:50; remaining time: 4d 1h 43m 2s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	15:13
Moonset:	03:35

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 399 799 km
248 424 mi
Cairns ↔ Moon, nearest point: 394 570 km
245 174 mi
View angle: 0.498°

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: 83.1%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 10 Day, 18 hours, 40 minutes. (≈10.778 Day)

Moon illumination angle = -132°

Cairns, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: 32.9°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 258.3°):

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Moonrise, moonset and phases in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-09-21	2026-09-22	2026-09-23	2026-09-24	2026-09-25
Day:	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Moonrise:	13:28:00	14:21:00	15:13:00	16:05:00	16:57:00
Moonset:	02:09:00	02:54:00	03:35:00	04:13:00	04:50:00

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

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