Beijing, China Moonrise, Moonset, Moon illumination

Moonrise, moonset, moon position, illumination and phases in Beijing (China). Current time: Wednesday, 2026-07-15, 01:56 (GMT+08:00) Asia/Shanghai . All times are shown in Beijing local time. Minimal illumination of the moon today: 0.1%, Maximal illumination for this day: 2.31%. Next full moon will be at: 2026-07-29, 22:37; remaining time: 14d 20h 40m 33s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	05:30
Moonset:	20:37

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 366 510 km
227 739 mi
Beijing ↔ Moon, nearest point: 367 341 km
228 255 mi
View angle: 0.543°

Beijing on map:

Beijing

Info

Local timezone:	GMT+08:00
Latitude:	39.9075°
Longitude:	116.39723°
Country:	China
Population:	11 716 620

Moon phase, Moon illumination Today

Moon illumination 0-24h (Current: 0.17%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 0 Day, 9 hours, 13 minutes. (≈0.384 Day)

Moon illumination angle = -2°

Beijing, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: -24.2°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 17.7°):

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Moonrise, moonset and phases in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-07-13	2026-07-14	2026-07-15	2026-07-16	2026-07-17
Day:	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Moonrise:	02:56:00	04:10:00	05:30:00	06:49:00	08:05:00
Moonset:	19:05:00	19:57:00	20:37:00	21:09:00	21:36:00

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

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