Sydney, Australia Moonrise, Moonset, Moon illumination

Moonrise, moonset, moon position, illumination and phases in Sydney (Australia, New South Wales, City of Sydney). Current time: Saturday, 2026-04-18, 00:49 (GMT+10:00) Australia/Sydney . All times are shown in Sydney local time. Minimal illumination of the moon today: 0.01%, Maximal illumination for this day: 1.75%. Next full moon will be at: 2026-05-02, 03:24; remaining time: 14d 2h 35m 33s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	06:55
Moonset:	17:39

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 368 676 km
229 085 mi
Sydney ↔ Moon, nearest point: 372 817 km
231 657 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: 0.02%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 0 Day, 3 hours, 32 minutes. (≈0.147 Day)

Moon illumination angle = 61°

Sydney, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: -67.5°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 143.6°):

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Moonrise, moonset and phases in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-04-16	2026-04-17	2026-04-18	2026-04-19	2026-04-20
Day:	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday	Monday
Moonrise:	04:34:00	05:43:00	06:55:00	08:10:00	09:26:00
Moonset:	16:31:00	17:03:00	17:39:00	18:21:00	19:13:00

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

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