Punta Cana, Dominican Republic Moonrise, Moonset, Moon illumination

Moonrise, moonset, moon position, illumination and phases in Punta Cana (Dominican Republic, La Altagracia, Higüey). Current time: Friday, 2026-10-23, 08:35 (GMT-04:00) America/Santo_Domingo . All times are shown in Punta Cana local time. Minimal illumination of the moon today: 89.09%, Maximal illumination for this day: 94.88%. Next full moon will be at: 2026-10-26, 00:13; remaining time: 2d 15h 37m 49s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	16:18
Moonset:	03:57

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 385 945 km
239 815 mi
Punta Cana ↔ Moon, nearest point: 389 720 km
242 160 mi
View angle: 0.516°

Punta Cana on map:

Punta Cana

Info

Local timezone:	GMT-04:00
Latitude:	18.58182°
Longitude:	-68.40431°
Country:	Dominican Republic La Altagracia
Population:	100 023

Moon phase, Moon illumination Today

Moon illumination 0-24h (Current: 91.4%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 11 Day, 23 hours, 5 minutes. (≈11.962 Day)

Moon illumination angle = 33°

Punta Cana, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: -60.1°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 308.4°):

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Moonrise, moonset and phases in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-10-21	2026-10-22	2026-10-23	2026-10-24	2026-10-25
Day:	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Moonrise:	15:07:00	15:43:00	16:18:00	16:56:00	17:37:00
Moonset:	02:12:00	03:04:00	03:57:00	04:52:00	05:49:00

Punta Cana moonrise, moonset and phase informations for whole month (or Year 2026):

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