Sydney, Australia Moonrise, Moonset, Moon illumination

Moonrise, moonset, moon position, illumination and phases in Sydney (Australia, New South Wales, City of Sydney). Current time: Friday, 2026-10-23, 13:43 (GMT+11:00) Australia/Sydney . All times are shown in Sydney local time. Minimal illumination of the moon today: 84.65%, Maximal illumination for this day: 91.47%. Next full moon will be at: 2026-10-26, 15:13; remaining time: 3d 1h 30m 2s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	16:12
Moonset:	04:05

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 387 942 km
241 056 mi
Sydney ↔ Moon, nearest point: 389 259 km
241 874 mi
View angle: 0.513°

Sydney on map:

Sydney

Info

Local timezone:	GMT+11:00
Latitude:	-33.86785°
Longitude:	151.20732°
Country:	Australia New South Wales
Population:	4 627 345

Moon phase, Moon illumination Today

Moon illumination 0-24h (Current: 88.7%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 11 Day, 13 hours, 8 minutes. (≈11.547 Day)

Moon illumination angle = 144°

Sydney, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: -29.1°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 114.1°):

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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:	14:10:00	15:11:00	16:12:00	17:16:00	18:22:00
Moonset:	03:10:00	03:38:00	04:05:00	04:32:00	05:00:00

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

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