Besançon, France Moonrise, Moonset, Moon illumination

Moonrise, moonset, moon position, illumination and phases in Besançon (France, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, Département du Doubs). Current time: Wednesday, 2026-04-15, 12:21 (GMT+02:00) Europe/Paris . All times are shown in Besançon local time. Minimal illumination of the moon today: 3.4%, Maximal illumination for this day: 8.7%. Next full moon will be at: 2026-05-01, 19:24; remaining time: 16d 7h 3m 1s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	05:44
Moonset:	18:11

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 377 802 km
234 755 mi
Besançon ↔ Moon, nearest point: 371 630 km
230 920 mi
View angle: 0.527°

Besançon on map:

Besançon

Info

Local timezone:	GMT+02:00
Latitude:	47.24878°
Longitude:	6.01815°
Country:	France Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Population:	128 426

Moon phase, Moon illumination Today

Moon illumination 0-24h (Current: 5.7%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 27 Day, 6 hours, 19 minutes. (≈27.263 Day)

Moon illumination angle = 169°

Besançon, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: 43.8°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 189.9°):

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Moonrise, moonset and phases in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-04-13	2026-04-14	2026-04-15	2026-04-16	2026-04-17
Day:	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Moonrise:	05:10:00	05:27:00	05:44:00	06:01:00	06:20:00
Moonset:	15:38:00	16:54:00	18:11:00	19:32:00	20:56:00

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

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