San José, Costa Rica Moonrise, Moonset, Moon illumination

Moonrise, moonset, moon position, illumination and phases in San José (Costa Rica, Alajuela, Upala). Current time: Tuesday, 2026-08-25, 02:40 (GMT-06:00) America/Costa_Rica . All times are shown in San José local time. Minimal illumination of the moon today: 91.57%, Maximal illumination for this day: 96.21%. Next full moon will be at: 2026-08-27, 22:19; remaining time: 2d 19h 39m 14s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	16:20
Moonset:	03:19

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 401 807 km
249 671 mi
San José ↔ Moon, nearest point: 399 160 km
248 027 mi
View angle: 0.496°

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: 92.2%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 12 Day, 2 hours, 22 minutes. (≈12.099 Day)

Moon illumination angle = -163°

San José, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: 7.8°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 245°):

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Moonrise, moonset and phases in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-08-23	2026-08-24	2026-08-25	2026-08-26	2026-08-27
Day:	Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday
Moonrise:	14:48:00	15:36:00	16:20:00	17:02:00	17:42:00
Moonset:	01:34:00	02:26:00	03:19:00	04:09:00	04:59:00

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

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