Santa Cruz, Costa Rica Moonrise, Moonset, Moon illumination

Moonrise, moonset, moon position, illumination and phases in Santa Cruz (Costa Rica, Guanacaste). Current time: Thursday, 2026-10-22, 18:42 (GMT-06:00) America/Costa_Rica . All times are shown in Santa Cruz local time. Minimal illumination of the moon today: 82.4%, Maximal illumination for this day: 89.64%. Next full moon will be at: 2026-10-25, 22:13; remaining time: 3d 3h 30m 15s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	14:50
Moonset:	02:20

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 388 343 km
241 305 mi
Santa Cruz ↔ Moon, nearest point: 381 374 km
236 975 mi
View angle: 0.513°

Santa Cruz on map:

Santa Cruz

Info

Local timezone:	GMT-06:00
Latitude:	10.26053°
Longitude:	-85.5851°
Country:	Costa Rica Guanacaste
Population:	12 281

Moon phase, Moon illumination Today

Moon illumination 0-24h (Current: 88.2%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 11 Day, 11 hours, 8 minutes. (≈11.464 Day)

Moon illumination angle = -29°

Santa Cruz, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: 54.9°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 108.6°):

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Moonrise, moonset and phases in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-10-20	2026-10-21	2026-10-22	2026-10-23	2026-10-24
Day:	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
Moonrise:	13:32:00	14:11:00	14:50:00	15:31:00	16:12:00
Moonset:	00:43:00	01:32:00	02:20:00	03:09:00	03:59:00

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

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