Cairns, Australia Moonrise, Moonset, Moon illumination

Moonrise, moonset, moon position, illumination and phases in Cairns (Australia, Queensland). Current time: Friday, 2026-10-23, 09:27 (GMT+10:00) Australia/Brisbane . All times are shown in Cairns local time. Minimal illumination of the moon today: 84.96%, Maximal illumination for this day: 91.72%. Next full moon will be at: 2026-10-26, 14:13; remaining time: 3d 4h 46m 3s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	15:37
Moonset:	03:21

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 388 595 km
241 462 mi
Cairns ↔ Moon, nearest point: 392 867 km
244 116 mi
View angle: 0.513°

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: 87.8%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 11 Day, 9 hours, 53 minutes. (≈11.412 Day)

Moon illumination angle = 120°

Cairns, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: -70.8°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 180.2°):

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Moonrise, moonset and phases in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-10-21	2026-10-22	2026-10-23	2026-10-24	2026-10-25
Day:	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Moonrise:	13:54:00	14:45:00	15:37:00	16:30:00	17:27:00
Moonset:	02:08:00	02:44:00	03:21:00	03:57:00	04:35:00

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

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