Sydney, Australia Moonrise, Moonset, Moon illumination

Moonrise, moonset, moon position, illumination and phases in Sydney (Australia, New South Wales, City of Sydney). Current time: Tuesday, 2026-08-25, 10:39 (GMT+10:00) Australia/Sydney . All times are shown in Sydney local time. Minimal illumination of the moon today: 87.63%, Maximal illumination for this day: 93.29%. Next full moon will be at: 2026-08-28, 14:19; remaining time: 3d 3h 40m 52s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	14:36
Moonset:	04:34

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 402 630 km
250 182 mi
Sydney ↔ Moon, nearest point: 404 061 km
251 072 mi
View angle: 0.495°

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: 90.3%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 11 Day, 19 hours, 0 minutes. (≈11.792 Day)

Moon illumination angle = 151°

Sydney, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: -30.2°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 162.5°):

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Moonrise, moonset and phases in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-08-23	2026-08-24	2026-08-25	2026-08-26	2026-08-27
Day:	Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday
Moonrise:	12:40:00	13:37:00	14:36:00	15:38:00	16:38:00
Moonset:	03:06:00	03:53:00	04:34:00	05:11:00	05:43:00

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

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