Santa Elena, Ecuador Moonrise, Moonset, Moon illumination

Moonrise, moonset, moon position, illumination and phases in Santa Elena (Ecuador, Cantón Santa Elena). Current time: Monday, 2026-08-24, 15:21 (GMT-05:00) America/Guayaquil . All times are shown in Santa Elena local time. Minimal illumination of the moon today: 85.15%, Maximal illumination for this day: 91.34%. Next full moon will be at: 2026-08-27, 23:19; remaining time: 3d 7h 58m 1s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	15:53
Moonset:	03:36

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 403 029 km
250 430 mi
Santa Elena ↔ Moon, nearest point: 401 924 km
249 744 mi
View angle: 0.494°

Santa Elena on map:

Santa Elena

Info

Local timezone:	GMT-05:00
Latitude:	-2.22622°
Longitude:	-80.85873°
Country:	Ecuador
Population:	42 214

Moon phase, Moon illumination Today

Moon illumination 0-24h (Current: 89.3%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 11 Day, 15 hours, 5 minutes. (≈11.629 Day)

Moon illumination angle = 18°

Santa Elena, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: -6.1°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 114.8°):

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Moonrise, moonset and phases in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-08-22	2026-08-23	2026-08-24	2026-08-25	2026-08-26
Day:	Saturday	Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday
Moonrise:	14:11:00	15:02:00	15:53:00	16:41:00	17:29:00
Moonset:	01:54:00	02:45:00	03:36:00	04:24:00	05:10:00

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

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