Santa Cruz, Costa Rica Moonrise, Moonset, Moon illumination

Moonrise, moonset, moon position, illumination and phases in Santa Cruz (Costa Rica, Guanacaste). Current time: Friday, 2026-04-17, 08:38 (GMT-06:00) America/Costa_Rica . All times are shown in Santa Cruz local time. Minimal illumination of the moon today: 0%, Maximal illumination for this day: 0.85%. Next full moon will be at: 2026-05-01, 11:24; remaining time: 14d 2h 46m 31s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	05:26
Moonset:	18:15

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 368 702 km
229 101 mi
Santa Cruz ↔ Moon, nearest point: 362 424 km
225 200 mi
View angle: 0.54°

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: 0.02%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 0 Day, 3 hours, 19 minutes. (≈0.138 Day)

Moon illumination angle = -4°

Santa Cruz, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: 45.1°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 79°):

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Santa Cruz

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Moonrise, moonset and phases in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-04-15	2026-04-16	2026-04-17	2026-04-18	2026-04-19
Day:	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Moonrise:	03:57:00	04:39:00	05:26:00	06:16:00	07:12:00
Moonset:	16:22:00	17:17:00	18:15:00	19:18:00	20:23:00

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

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