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, 2026-07-28, 13:54 (GMT+02:00) Europe/Paris . All times are shown in Besançon local time. Minimal illumination of the moon today: 97.28%, Maximal illumination for this day: 99.53%. Next full moon will be at: 2026-07-29, 16:37; remaining time: 1d 2h 42m 42s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	21:01
Moonset:	04:28

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 402 659 km
250 201 mi
Besançon ↔ Moon, nearest point: 406 641 km
252 675 mi
View angle: 0.495°

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: 98.8%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 13 Day, 17 hours, 39 minutes. (≈13.735 Day)

Moon illumination angle = 48°

Besançon, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: -64°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 34.9°):

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Moonrise, moonset and phases in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-07-26	2026-07-27	2026-07-28	2026-07-29	2026-07-30
Day:	Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday
Moonrise:	19:48:00	20:29:00	21:01:00	21:27:00	21:47:00
Moonset:	02:29:00	03:25:00	04:28:00	05:37:00	06:47:00

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

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