Santa Cruz, Costa Rica Moonrise, Moonset, Moon illumination

Moonrise, moonset, moon position, illumination and phases in Santa Cruz (Costa Rica, Guanacaste). Current time: Tuesday, 2026-08-25, 23:12 (GMT-06:00) America/Costa_Rica . All times are shown in Santa Cruz 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: 1d 23h 7m 46s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	16:20
Moonset:	03:22

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 399 285 km
248 104 mi
Santa Cruz ↔ Moon, nearest point: 392 180 km
243 690 mi
View angle: 0.499°

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: 96.1%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 12 Day, 21 hours, 24 minutes. (≈12.892 Day)

Moon illumination angle = -50°

Santa Cruz, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: 57.2°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 205.8°):

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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	17:03:00	17:43:00
Moonset:	01:37:00	02:29:00	03:22:00	04:12:00	05:02:00

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

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