West Island, Cocos Islands Moonrise, Moonset, Moon illumination

Moonrise, moonset, moon position, illumination and phases in West Island (Cocos Islands). Current time: Sunday, 2026-08-30, 00:06 (GMT+06:30) Indian/Cocos . All times are shown in West Island local time. Minimal illumination of the moon today: 92.85%, Maximal illumination for this day: 97.37%. Next full moon will be at: 2026-09-26, 23:20; remaining time: 27d 23h 13m 48s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	19:50
Moonset:	07:20

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 384 376 km
238 840 mi
West Island ↔ Moon, nearest point: 376 609 km
234 014 mi
View angle: 0.518°

West Island on map:

West Island

Info

Local timezone:	GMT+06:30
Latitude:	-12.15681°
Longitude:	96.82251°
Country:	Cocos Islands
Population:	120

Moon phase, Moon illumination Today

Moon illumination 0-24h (Current: 97.4%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 16 Day, 7 hours, 14 minutes. (≈16.301 Day)

Moon illumination angle = -69°

West Island, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: 71°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 51.7°):

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Moonrise, moonset and phases in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-08-28	2026-08-29	2026-08-30	2026-08-31	2026-09-01
Day:	Friday	Saturday	Sunday	Monday	Tuesday
Moonrise:	18:10:00	18:59:00	19:50:00	20:41:00	21:36:00
Moonset:	06:03:00	06:41:00	07:20:00	07:59:00	08:41:00

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

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