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, 2026-08-04, 14:58 (GMT+10:00) Australia/Sydney . All times are shown in Sydney 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:	22:54
Moonset:	09:28

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 375 345 km
233 229 mi
Sydney ↔ Moon, nearest point: 379 236 km
235 646 mi
View angle: 0.531°

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: 70.3%):

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

Moon illumination angle = 48°

Sydney, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: -62.3°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 217.9°):

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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:	20:48:00	21:50:00	22:54:00	00:00:00	00:01:00
Moonset:	08:34:00	09:01:00	09:28:00	09:58:00	10:32:00

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

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