Gent, Belgium Moonrise, Moonset, Moon illumination

Moonrise, moonset, moon position, illumination and phases in Gent (Belgium, Flanders, Provincie Oost-Vlaanderen). Current time: Wednesday, 2026-10-07, 13:45 (GMT+02:00) Europe/Brussels . All times are shown in Gent local time. Minimal illumination of the moon today: 8.46%, Maximal illumination for this day: 15.63%. Next full moon will be at: 2026-10-26, 05:13; remaining time: 18d 16h 27m 20s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	03:50
Moonset:	17:55

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 374 036 km
232 415 mi
Gent ↔ Moon, nearest point: 368 373 km
228 896 mi
View angle: 0.532°

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: 11.3%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 26 Day, 7 hours, 29 minutes. (≈26.312 Day)

Moon illumination angle = -173°

Gent, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: 37.7°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 230.3°):

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Moonrise, moonset and phases in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-10-05	2026-10-06	2026-10-07	2026-10-08	2026-10-09
Day:	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Moonrise:	00:59:00	02:25:00	03:50:00	05:11:00	06:30:00
Moonset:	17:21:00	17:40:00	17:55:00	18:08:00	18:20:00

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

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