Recife, Brazil Moonrise, Moonset, Moon illumination

Moonrise, moonset, moon position, illumination and phases in Recife (Brazil, Pernambuco). Current time: Friday, 2026-05-08, 06:31 (GMT-03:00) America/Recife . All times are shown in Recife local time. Minimal illumination of the moon today: 57.51%, Maximal illumination for this day: 66.93%. Next full moon will be at: 2026-05-31, 05:46; remaining time: 22d 23h 15m 40s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	22:50
Moonset:	10:51

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 398 823 km
247 817 mi
Recife ↔ Moon, nearest point: 391 628 km
243 347 mi
View angle: 0.499°

Recife on map:

Recife

Info

Local timezone:	GMT-03:00
Latitude:	-8.05389°
Longitude:	-34.88111°
Country:	Brazil Pernambuco
Population:	1 478 098

Moon phase, Moon illumination Today

Moon illumination 0-24h (Current: 64.4%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 20 Day, 18 hours, 30 minutes. (≈20.771 Day)

Moon illumination angle = -161°

Recife, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: 58.7°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 239.9°):

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Moonrise, moonset and phases in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-05-06	2026-05-07	2026-05-08	2026-05-09	2026-05-10
Day:	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Moonrise:	21:09:00	22:00:00	22:50:00	23:39:00	00:00:00
Moonset:	09:17:00	10:05:00	10:51:00	11:35:00	12:17:00

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

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