Cairo, Egypt Moonrise, Moonset, Moon illumination

Moonrise, moonset, moon position, illumination and phases in Cairo (Egypt). Current time: Saturday, 2026-07-25, 05:12 (GMT+03:00) Africa/Cairo . All times are shown in Cairo local time. Minimal illumination of the moon today: 80.62%, Maximal illumination for this day: 87.53%. Next full moon will be at: 2026-07-29, 17:37; remaining time: 4d 12h 24m 29s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	17:01
Moonset:	02:08

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 405 072 km
251 700 mi
Cairo ↔ Moon, nearest point: 406 999 km
252 898 mi
View angle: 0.492°

Cairo on map:

Cairo

Info

Local timezone:	GMT+03:00
Latitude:	30.06263°
Longitude:	31.24967°
Country:	Egypt
Population:	7 734 614

Moon phase, Moon illumination Today

Moon illumination 0-24h (Current: 82.2%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 10 Day, 16 hours, 10 minutes. (≈10.674 Day)

Moon illumination angle = 10°

Cairo, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: -35.5°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 256.3°):

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Moonrise, moonset and phases in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-07-23	2026-07-24	2026-07-25	2026-07-26	2026-07-27
Day:	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday	Monday
Moonrise:	15:08:00	16:05:00	17:01:00	17:53:00	18:39:00
Moonset:	00:48:00	01:26:00	02:08:00	02:57:00	03:50:00

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

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