Cardiff, United Kingdom Moonrise, Moonset, Moon illumination

Moonrise, moonset, moon position, illumination and phases in Cardiff (United Kingdom, Wales). Current time: Friday, 2026-04-17, 15:22 (GMT+01:00) Europe/London . All times are shown in Cardiff local time. Minimal illumination of the moon today: 0%, Maximal illumination for this day: 0.4%. Next full moon will be at: 2026-05-01, 18:24; remaining time: 14d 3h 2m 36s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	05:49
Moonset:	20:48

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 368 740 km
229 124 mi
Cardiff ↔ Moon, nearest point: 362 466 km
225 226 mi
View angle: 0.54°

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: 0.02%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 0 Day, 3 hours, 1 minutes. (≈0.126 Day)

Moon illumination angle = -121°

Cardiff, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: 45.1°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 227.6°):

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Moonrise, moonset and phases in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-04-15	2026-04-16	2026-04-17	2026-04-18	2026-04-19
Day:	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Moonrise:	05:22:00	05:34:00	05:49:00	06:06:00	06:31:00
Moonset:	17:52:00	19:18:00	20:48:00	22:22:00	23:54:00

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

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