Cairns, Australia Moonrise, Moonset, Moon illumination

Moonrise, moonset, moon position, illumination and phases in Cairns (Australia, Queensland). Current time: Tuesday, 2026-08-04, 14:58 (GMT+10:00) Australia/Brisbane . All times are shown in Cairns local time. Minimal illumination of the moon today: 66.45%, Maximal illumination for this day: 76.19%. Next full moon will be at: 2026-08-28, 14:19; remaining time: 23d 23h 21m 3s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	22:57
Moonset:	10:04

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 375 345 km
233 229 mi
Cairns ↔ Moon, nearest point: 379 485 km
235 801 mi
View angle: 0.531°

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: 70.3%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 20 Day, 4 hours, 31 minutes. (≈20.188 Day)

Moon illumination angle = 69°

Cairns, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: -67.5°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 257.3°):

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Moonrise, moonset and phases in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-08-02	2026-08-03	2026-08-04	2026-08-05	2026-08-06
Day:	Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday
Moonrise:	21:11:00	22:03:00	22:57:00	23:54:00	00:00:00
Moonset:	08:52:00	09:28:00	10:04:00	10:44:00	11:28:00

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

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