Santa Cruz, Costa Rica Moonrise, Moonset, Moon illumination

Moonrise, moonset, moon position, illumination and phases in Santa Cruz (Costa Rica, Guanacaste). Current time: Wednesday, 2026-08-05, 03:36 (GMT-06:00) America/Costa_Rica . All times are shown in Santa Cruz local time. Minimal illumination of the moon today: 48.27%, Maximal illumination for this day: 59.39%. Next full moon will be at: 2026-08-27, 22:19; remaining time: 22d 18h 43m 57s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	23:13
Moonset:	11:17

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 370 484 km
230 208 mi
Santa Cruz ↔ Moon, nearest point: 362 747 km
225 401 mi
View angle: 0.538°

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: 57.8%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 21 Day, 9 hours, 60 minutes. (≈21.416 Day)

Moon illumination angle = -90°

Santa Cruz, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: 70.2°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 66.1°):

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Moonrise, moonset and phases in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-08-03	2026-08-04	2026-08-05	2026-08-06	2026-08-07
Day:	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Moonrise:	21:42:00	22:25:00	23:13:00	00:00:00	00:06:00
Moonset:	09:31:00	10:22:00	11:17:00	12:15:00	13:18:00

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

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