Cardiff, United Kingdom Moonrise, Moonset, Moon illumination

Moonrise, moonset, moon position, illumination and phases in Cardiff (United Kingdom, Wales). Current time: Monday, 2026-08-24, 03:33 (GMT+01:00) Europe/London . All times are shown in Cardiff local time. Minimal illumination of the moon today: 83.41%, Maximal illumination for this day: 89.92%. Next full moon will be at: 2026-08-28, 05:19; remaining time: 4d 1h 46m 21s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	19:03
Moonset:	01:28

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 404 378 km
251 269 mi
Cardiff ↔ Moon, nearest point: 404 283 km
251 210 mi
View angle: 0.493°

Cardiff on map:

Cardiff

Info

Local timezone:	GMT+01:00
Latitude:	51.48°
Longitude:	-3.18°
Country:	United Kingdom Wales
Population:	447 287

Moon phase, Moon illumination Today

Moon illumination 0-24h (Current: 84.5%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 10 Day, 22 hours, 56 minutes. (≈10.955 Day)

Moon illumination angle = -2°

Cardiff, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: -15.4°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 247°):

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Moonrise, moonset and phases in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-08-22	2026-08-23	2026-08-24	2026-08-25	2026-08-26
Day:	Saturday	Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday
Moonrise:	17:49:00	18:31:00	19:03:00	19:26:00	19:43:00
Moonset:	00:00:00	00:24:00	01:28:00	02:39:00	03:55:00

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

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