Besançon, France Moonrise, Moonset, Moon illumination

Moonrise, moonset, moon position, illumination and phases in Besançon (France, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, Département du Doubs). Current time: Thursday, 2026-05-14, 08:12 (GMT+02:00) Europe/Paris . All times are shown in Besançon local time. Minimal illumination of the moon today: 5.39%, Maximal illumination for this day: 11.89%. Next full moon will be at: 2026-05-31, 10:46; remaining time: 17d 2h 34m 35s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	04:21
Moonset:	18:24

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 372 384 km
231 389 mi
Besançon ↔ Moon, nearest point: 366 739 km
227 881 mi
View angle: 0.535°

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: 9.4%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 26 Day, 14 hours, 18 minutes. (≈26.596 Day)

Moon illumination angle = -149°

Besançon, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: 37.4°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 118.4°):

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Moonrise, moonset and phases in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-05-12	2026-05-13	2026-05-14	2026-05-15	2026-05-16
Day:	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
Moonrise:	03:47:00	04:03:00	04:21:00	04:42:00	05:09:00
Moonset:	15:46:00	17:03:00	18:24:00	19:51:00	21:19:00

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

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