Colchester, United Kingdom Moonrise, Moonset, Moon illumination

Moonrise, moonset, moon position, illumination and phases in Colchester (United Kingdom, England, Essex). Current time: Thursday, 2026-07-30, 15:09 (GMT+01:00) Europe/London . All times are shown in Colchester local time. Minimal illumination of the moon today: 98.22%, Maximal illumination for this day: 99.89%. Next full moon will be at: 2026-08-28, 05:19; remaining time: 28d 14h 10m 35s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	21:21
Moonset:	05:52

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 396 193 km
246 183 mi
Colchester ↔ Moon, nearest point: 399 371 km
248 157 mi
View angle: 0.503°

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: 99.1%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 15 Day, 16 hours, 11 minutes. (≈15.674 Day)

Moon illumination angle = 146°

Colchester, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: -50.8°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 32.6°):

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Moonrise, moonset and phases in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-07-28	2026-07-29	2026-07-30	2026-07-31	2026-08-01
Day:	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
Moonrise:	20:45:00	21:05:00	21:21:00	21:33:00	21:44:00
Moonset:	03:22:00	04:36:00	05:52:00	07:09:00	08:25:00

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

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