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, 2026-08-18, 10:36 (GMT+02:00) Europe/Paris . All times are shown in Besançon local time. Minimal illumination of the moon today: 29.12%, Maximal illumination for this day: 38.51%. Next full moon will be at: 2026-08-28, 06:19; remaining time: 9d 19h 43m 30s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	13:27
Moonset:	22:43

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 396 952 km
246 654 mi
Besançon ↔ Moon, nearest point: 398 002 km
247 307 mi
View angle: 0.502°

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: 33.2%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 5 Day, 18 hours, 35 minutes. (≈5.774 Day)

Moon illumination angle = 68°

Besançon, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: -26.4°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 87.6°):

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Moonrise, moonset and phases in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-08-16	2026-08-17	2026-08-18	2026-08-19	2026-08-20
Day:	Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday
Moonrise:	11:02:00	12:14:00	13:27:00	14:37:00	15:45:00
Moonset:	22:04:00	22:22:00	22:43:00	23:09:00	23:42:00

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

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