Cardiff, United Kingdom Moonrise, Moonset, Moon illumination

Moonrise, moonset, moon position, illumination and phases in Cardiff (United Kingdom, Wales). Current time: Wednesday, 2026-10-07, 13:55 (GMT+01:00) Europe/London . All times are shown in Cardiff local time. Minimal illumination of the moon today: 8.21%, Maximal illumination for this day: 15.3%. Next full moon will be at: 2026-10-26, 04:13; remaining time: 18d 15h 18m 5s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	03:18
Moonset:	17:24

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 374 241 km
232 543 mi
Cardiff ↔ Moon, nearest point: 369 080 km
229 336 mi
View angle: 0.532°

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: 10.9%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 26 Day, 8 hours, 41 minutes. (≈26.362 Day)

Moon illumination angle = -179°

Cardiff, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: 32.1°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 240.1°):

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Moonrise, moonset and phases in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-10-05	2026-10-06	2026-10-07	2026-10-08	2026-10-09
Day:	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Moonrise:	00:25:00	01:53:00	03:18:00	04:40:00	06:00:00
Moonset:	16:51:00	17:09:00	17:24:00	17:36:00	17:48:00

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

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