Colchester, United Kingdom Moonrise, Moonset, Moon illumination

Moonrise, moonset, moon position, illumination and phases in Colchester (United Kingdom, England, Essex). Current time: Monday, 2026-08-24, 02:47 (GMT+01:00) Europe/London . All times are shown in Colchester 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 2h 32m 20s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	18:48
Moonset:	01:08

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 404 425 km
251 298 mi
Colchester ↔ Moon, nearest point: 403 927 km
250 988 mi
View angle: 0.492°

Colchester on map:

Colchester

Info

Local timezone:	GMT+01:00
Latitude:	51.88921°
Longitude:	0.90421°
Country:	United Kingdom England
Population:	121 859

Moon phase, Moon illumination Today

Moon illumination 0-24h (Current: 84.2%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 10 Day, 22 hours, 14 minutes. (≈10.927 Day)

Moon illumination angle = -4°

Colchester, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: -11.7°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 241.9°):

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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:	17:36:00	18:17:00	18:48:00	19:11:00	19:28:00
Moonset:	00:00:00	00:04:00	01:08:00	02:20:00	03:36:00

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

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