Sydney, Australia Moonrise, Moonset, Moon illumination

Moonrise, moonset, moon position, illumination and phases in Sydney (Australia, New South Wales, City of Sydney). Current time: Thursday, 2026-05-21, 18:57 (GMT+10:00) Australia/Sydney . All times are shown in Sydney local time. Minimal illumination of the moon today: 19.7%, Maximal illumination for this day: 29.69%. Next full moon will be at: 2026-05-31, 18:46; remaining time: 9d 23h 49m 14s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	11:16
Moonset:	21:30

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 369 077 km
229 334 mi
Sydney ↔ Moon, nearest point: 364 899 km
226 738 mi
View angle: 0.54°

Sydney on map:

Sydney

Info

Local timezone:	GMT+10:00
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: 27.5%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 5 Day, 4 hours, 33 minutes. (≈5.19 Day)

Moon illumination angle = -131°

Sydney, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: 22.1°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 320.8°):

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Moonrise, moonset and phases in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-05-19	2026-05-20	2026-05-21	2026-05-22	2026-05-23
Day:	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
Moonrise:	09:26:00	10:26:00	11:16:00	11:55:00	12:28:00
Moonset:	19:04:00	20:16:00	21:30:00	22:39:00	23:45:00

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

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