Santa Cruz, Cape Verde Moonrise, Moonset, Moon illumination

Moonrise, moonset, moon position, illumination and phases in Santa Cruz (Cape Verde). Current time: Saturday, 2026-08-29, 15:11 (GMT-01:00) Atlantic/Cape_Verde . All times are shown in Santa Cruz local time. Minimal illumination of the moon today: 96.19%, Maximal illumination for this day: 99.19%. Next full moon will be at: 2026-09-26, 15:50; remaining time: 28d 0h 38m 41s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	19:46
Moonset:	07:21

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 384 658 km
239 016 mi
Santa Cruz ↔ Moon, nearest point: 388 532 km
241 422 mi
View angle: 0.518°

Santa Cruz on map:

Santa Cruz

Info

Local timezone:	GMT-01:00
Latitude:	15.13333°
Longitude:	-23.56667°
Country:	Cape Verde
Population:	9 488

Moon phase, Moon illumination Today

Moon illumination 0-24h (Current: 97.6%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 16 Day, 5 hours, 48 minutes. (≈16.242 Day)

Moon illumination angle = 138°

Santa Cruz, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: -61.9°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 60.7°):

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Moonrise, moonset and phases in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-08-27	2026-08-28	2026-08-29	2026-08-30	2026-08-31
Day:	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday	Monday
Moonrise:	18:32:00	19:09:00	19:46:00	20:23:00	21:03:00
Moonset:	05:40:00	06:30:00	07:21:00	08:12:00	09:05:00

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

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