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, 2026-10-07, 16:29 (GMT+02:00) Europe/Paris . All times are shown in Besançon local time. Minimal illumination of the moon today: 8.46%, Maximal illumination for this day: 15.63%. Next full moon will be at: 2026-10-26, 05:13; remaining time: 18d 13h 43m 34s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	03:48
Moonset:	17:41

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 374 523 km
232 718 mi
Besançon ↔ Moon, nearest point: 371 314 km
230 724 mi
View angle: 0.532°

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: 10.5%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 26 Day, 10 hours, 20 minutes. (≈26.43 Day)

Moon illumination angle = 164°

Besançon, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: 12.9°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 268.4°):

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Moonrise, moonset and phases in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-10-05	2026-10-06	2026-10-07	2026-10-08	2026-10-09
Day:	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Moonrise:	01:07:00	02:28:00	03:48:00	05:05:00	06:20:00
Moonset:	16:57:00	17:21:00	17:41:00	17:58:00	18:14:00

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

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