Santa Cruz, Costa Rica Moonrise, Moonset, Moon illumination

Moonrise, moonset, moon position, illumination and phases in Santa Cruz (Costa Rica, Guanacaste). Current time: Friday, 2026-09-25, 14:29 (GMT-06:00) America/Costa_Rica . All times are shown in Santa Cruz local time. Minimal illumination of the moon today: 97.58%, Maximal illumination for this day: 99.76%. Next full moon will be at: 2026-09-26, 10:50; remaining time: 0d 20h 20m 54s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	16:57
Moonset:	04:30

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 386 304 km
240 038 mi
Santa Cruz ↔ Moon, nearest point: 388 139 km
241 178 mi
View angle: 0.516°

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: 99.2%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 13 Day, 21 hours, 39 minutes. (≈13.902 Day)

Moon illumination angle = 27°

Santa Cruz, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: -34.5°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 84.4°):

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Moonrise, moonset and phases in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-09-23	2026-09-24	2026-09-25	2026-09-26	2026-09-27
Day:	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Moonrise:	15:38:00	16:18:00	16:57:00	17:38:00	18:20:00
Moonset:	02:53:00	03:42:00	04:30:00	05:20:00	06:11:00

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

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