Santa Cruz, Costa Rica Moonrise, Moonset, Moon illumination

Moonrise, moonset, moon position, illumination and phases in Santa Cruz (Costa Rica, Guanacaste). Current time: Sunday, 2026-08-02, 13:04 (GMT-06:00) America/Costa_Rica . All times are shown in Santa Cruz local time. Minimal illumination of the moon today: 79.16%, Maximal illumination for this day: 87.01%. Next full moon will be at: 2026-08-27, 22:19; remaining time: 25d 9h 15m 2s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	21:01
Moonset:	08:42

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 381 866 km
237 281 mi
Santa Cruz ↔ Moon, nearest point: 385 692 km
239 658 mi
View angle: 0.522°

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: 82.9%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 18 Day, 18 hours, 27 minutes. (≈18.769 Day)

Moon illumination angle = 90°

Santa Cruz, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: -61.1°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 294°):

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Moonrise, moonset and phases in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-07-31	2026-08-01	2026-08-02	2026-08-03	2026-08-04
Day:	Friday	Saturday	Sunday	Monday	Tuesday
Moonrise:	19:44:00	20:22:00	21:01:00	21:42:00	22:25:00
Moonset:	07:07:00	07:54:00	08:42:00	09:31:00	10:22:00

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

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