Cardiff, United Kingdom Moonrise, Moonset, Moon illumination

Moonrise, moonset, moon position, illumination and phases in Cardiff (United Kingdom, Wales). Current time: Friday, 2026-05-22, 06:50 (GMT+01:00) Europe/London . All times are shown in Cardiff local time. Minimal illumination of the moon today: 33.65%, Maximal illumination for this day: 44.48%. Next full moon will be at: 2026-05-31, 09:46; remaining time: 9d 2h 56m 24s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	11:10
Moonset:	01:58

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 372 381 km
231 387 mi
Cardiff ↔ Moon, nearest point: 372 726 km
231 601 mi
View angle: 0.535°

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: 36.7%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 6 Day, 2 hours, 51 minutes. (≈6.119 Day)

Moon illumination angle = 27°

Cardiff, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: -19.5°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 6.7°):

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Moonrise, moonset and phases in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-05-20	2026-05-21	2026-05-22	2026-05-23	2026-05-24
Day:	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Moonrise:	08:13:00	09:42:00	11:10:00	12:32:00	13:51:00
Moonset:	00:58:00	01:34:00	01:58:00	02:15:00	02:28:00

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

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