San José, Costa Rica Moonrise, Moonset, Moon illumination

Moonrise, moonset, moon position, illumination and phases in San José (Costa Rica, Alajuela, Upala). Current time: Wednesday, 2026-05-20, 20:09 (GMT-06:00) America/Costa_Rica . All times are shown in San José local time. Minimal illumination of the moon today: 16.66%, Maximal illumination for this day: 26.25%. Next full moon will be at: 2026-05-31, 02:46; remaining time: 10d 6h 36m 59s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	09:09
Moonset:	22:18

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 368 130 km
228 746 mi
San José ↔ Moon, nearest point: 363 449 km
225 837 mi
View angle: 0.541°

San José on map:

San José

Info

Local timezone:	GMT-06:00
Latitude:	10.95173°
Longitude:	-85.1361°
Country:	Costa Rica Alajuela
Population:	31 430

Moon phase, Moon illumination Today

Moon illumination 0-24h (Current: 24.6%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 4 Day, 21 hours, 10 minutes. (≈4.882 Day)

Moon illumination angle = -80°

San José, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: 27.1°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 291.4°):

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Moonrise, moonset and phases in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-05-18	2026-05-19	2026-05-20	2026-05-21	2026-05-22
Day:	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Moonrise:	06:56:00	08:03:00	09:09:00	10:11:00	11:08:00
Moonset:	20:17:00	21:21:00	22:18:00	23:08:00	23:53:00

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

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