Colchester, United Kingdom Moonrise, Moonset, Moon illumination

Moonrise, moonset, moon position, illumination and phases in Colchester (United Kingdom, England, Essex). Current time: Friday, 2026-07-31, 02:33 (GMT+01:00) Europe/London . All times are shown in Colchester local time. Minimal illumination of the moon today: 94.57%, Maximal illumination for this day: 98.22%. Next full moon will be at: 2026-08-28, 05:19; remaining time: 28d 2h 46m 49s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	21:33
Moonset:	07:09

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 394 313 km
245 015 mi
Colchester ↔ Moon, nearest point: 389 943 km
242 299 mi
View angle: 0.505°

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: 97.9%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 16 Day, 2 hours, 56 minutes. (≈16.122 Day)

Moon illumination angle = -165°

Colchester, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: 24°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 187°):

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Moonrise, moonset and phases in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-07-29	2026-07-30	2026-07-31	2026-08-01	2026-08-02
Day:	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Moonrise:	21:05:00	21:21:00	21:33:00	21:44:00	21:55:00
Moonset:	04:36:00	05:52:00	07:09:00	08:25:00	09:42:00

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

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