Gent, Belgium Moonrise, Moonset, Moon illumination

Moonrise, moonset, moon position, illumination and phases in Gent (Belgium, Flanders, Provincie Oost-Vlaanderen). Current time: Thursday, 2026-07-23, 12:32 (GMT+02:00) Europe/Brussels . All times are shown in Gent local time. Minimal illumination of the moon today: 64.08%, Maximal illumination for this day: 72.95%. Next full moon will be at: 2026-07-29, 16:37; remaining time: 6d 4h 4m 20s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	17:21
Moonset:	00:34

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 402 271 km
249 960 mi
Gent ↔ Moon, nearest point: 404 608 km
251 412 mi
View angle: 0.495°

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: 68.8%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 9 Day, 4 hours, 42 minutes. (≈9.195 Day)

Moon illumination angle = 59°

Gent, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: -40.1°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 77.1°):

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Moonrise, moonset and phases in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-07-21	2026-07-22	2026-07-23	2026-07-24	2026-07-25
Day:	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
Moonrise:	14:53:00	16:07:00	17:21:00	18:30:00	19:32:00
Moonset:	00:01:00	00:16:00	00:34:00	00:58:00	01:31:00

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

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