Besançon, France Moonrise, Moonset, Moon illumination

Moonrise, moonset, moon position, illumination and phases in Besançon (France, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, Département du Doubs). Current time: Tuesday, 2026-07-07, 11:55 (GMT+02:00) Europe/Paris . All times are shown in Besançon local time. Minimal illumination of the moon today: 48.78%, Maximal illumination for this day: 59.51%. Next full moon will be at: 2026-07-29, 16:37; remaining time: 22d 4h 41m 25s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	00:29
Moonset:	13:43

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 376 743 km
234 097 mi
Besançon ↔ Moon, nearest point: 372 875 km
231 694 mi
View angle: 0.529°

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: 54.2%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 21 Day, 17 hours, 59 minutes. (≈21.749 Day)

Moon illumination angle = 159°

Besançon, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: 19.1°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 260.9°):

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Moonrise, moonset and phases in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-07-05	2026-07-06	2026-07-07	2026-07-08	2026-07-09
Day:	Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday
Moonrise:	00:00:00	00:13:00	00:29:00	00:46:00	01:07:00
Moonset:	11:18:00	12:29:00	13:43:00	15:00:00	16:21:00

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

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