Quito, Ecuador Moonrise, Moonset, Moon illumination

Moonrise, moonset, moon position, illumination and phases in Quito (Ecuador, Pichincha, Cantón Quito). Current time: Wednesday, 2026-05-20, 00:44 (GMT-05:00) America/Guayaquil . All times are shown in Quito local time. Minimal illumination of the moon today: 16.29%, Maximal illumination for this day: 25.82%. Next full moon will be at: 2026-05-31, 03:46; remaining time: 11d 3h 2m 35s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	10:03
Moonset:	22:31

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 365 741 km
227 261 mi
Quito ↔ Moon, nearest point: 368 199 km
228 788 mi
View angle: 0.545°

Quito on map:

Quito

Info

Local timezone:	GMT-05:00
Latitude:	-0.22985°
Longitude:	-78.52495°
Country:	Ecuador Pichincha
Population:	1 399 814

Moon phase, Moon illumination Today

Moon illumination 0-24h (Current: 16.6%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 3 Day, 22 hours, 33 minutes. (≈3.939 Day)

Moon illumination angle = -33°

Quito, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: -41.6°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 306.5°):

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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:	07:54:00	09:00:00	10:03:00	11:01:00	11:53:00
Moonset:	20:24:00	21:30:00	22:31:00	23:26:00	00:00:00

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

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