Gent, Belgium Moonrise, Moonset, Moon illumination

Moonrise, moonset, moon position, illumination and phases in Gent (Belgium, Flanders, Provincie Oost-Vlaanderen). Current time: Wednesday, 2026-05-20, 17:16 (GMT+02:00) Europe/Brussels . All times are shown in Gent local time. Minimal illumination of the moon today: 13.79%, Maximal illumination for this day: 22.91%. Next full moon will be at: 2026-05-31, 10:46; remaining time: 10d 17h 30m 43s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	08:46
Moonset:	01:27

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 366 766 km
227 898 mi
Gent ↔ Moon, nearest point: 359 276 km
223 244 mi
View angle: 0.543°

Gent on map:

Gent

Info

Local timezone:	GMT+02:00
Latitude:	51.05°
Longitude:	3.71667°
Country:	Belgium Flanders
Population:	231 493

Moon phase, Moon illumination Today

Moon illumination 0-24h (Current: 20.2%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 4 Day, 9 hours, 10 minutes. (≈4.382 Day)

Moon illumination angle = -28°

Gent, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: 64.3°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 173.8°):

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Moonrise, moonset and phases in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-05-18	2026-05-19	2026-05-20	2026-05-21	2026-05-22
Day:	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Moonrise:	06:20:00	07:25:00	08:46:00	10:15:00	11:42:00
Moonset:	00:00:00	00:33:00	01:27:00	02:03:00	02:28:00

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

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