Santa Cruz, Costa Rica Moonrise, Moonset, Moon illumination

Moonrise, moonset, moon position, illumination and phases in Santa Cruz (Costa Rica, Guanacaste). Current time: Wednesday, 2026-05-20, 08:20 (GMT-06:00) America/Costa_Rica . All times are shown in Santa Cruz local time. Minimal illumination of the moon today: 16.66%, Maximal illumination for this day: 26.25%. Next full moon will be at: 2026-05-31, 02:46; remaining time: 10d 18h 25m 53s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	09:12
Moonset:	22:18

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 366 660 km
227 832 mi
Santa Cruz ↔ Moon, nearest point: 365 886 km
227 351 mi
View angle: 0.543°

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: 19.8%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 4 Day, 8 hours, 9 minutes. (≈4.34 Day)

Moon illumination angle = 79°

Santa Cruz, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: -9.2°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 61.7°):

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Moonrise, moonset and phases in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-05-18	2026-05-19	2026-05-20	2026-05-21	2026-05-22
Day:	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Moonrise:	06:59:00	08:07:00	09:12:00	10:14:00	11:10:00
Moonset:	20:18:00	21:22:00	22:18:00	23:09:00	23:54:00

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

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