Townsville, Australia Moonrise, Moonset, Moon illumination

Moonrise, moonset, moon position, illumination and phases in Townsville (Australia, Queensland). Current time: Friday, 2026-04-17, 03:36 (GMT+10:00) Australia/Brisbane . All times are shown in Townsville local time. Minimal illumination of the moon today: 0%, Maximal illumination for this day: 1.16%. Next full moon will be at: 2026-05-02, 03:24; remaining time: 14d 23h 48m 12s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	05:48
Moonset:	17:39

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 371 992 km
231 145 mi
Townsville ↔ Moon, nearest point: 373 373 km
232 003 mi
View angle: 0.535°

Townsville on map:

Townsville

Info

Local timezone:	GMT+10:00
Latitude:	-19.26639°
Longitude:	146.80569°
Country:	Australia Queensland
Population:	196 219

Moon phase, Moon illumination Today

Moon illumination 0-24h (Current: 0.81%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 28 Day, 16 hours, 27 minutes. (≈28.685 Day)

Moon illumination angle = -75°

Townsville, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: -29.7°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 89.7°):

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Moonrise, moonset and phases in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-04-15	2026-04-16	2026-04-17	2026-04-18	2026-04-19
Day:	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Moonrise:	03:52:00	04:49:00	05:48:00	06:50:00	07:56:00
Moonset:	16:20:00	16:58:00	17:39:00	18:23:00	19:14:00

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

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