Colchester, United Kingdom Moonrise, Moonset, Moon illumination

Moonrise, moonset, moon position, illumination and phases in Colchester (United Kingdom, England, Essex). Current time: Sunday, 2026-09-13, 16:20 (GMT+01:00) Europe/London . All times are shown in Colchester local time. Minimal illumination of the moon today: 3.94%, Maximal illumination for this day: 9.02%. Next full moon will be at: 2026-09-26, 17:50; remaining time: 13d 1h 29m 32s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	09:24
Moonset:	19:36

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 391 327 km
243 159 mi
Colchester ↔ Moon, nearest point: 387 094 km
240 529 mi
View angle: 0.509°

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: 7.2%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 2 Day, 13 hours, 20 minutes. (≈2.556 Day)

Moon illumination angle = 6°

Colchester, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: 22.6°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 205.4°):

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Moonrise, moonset and phases in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-09-11	2026-09-12	2026-09-13	2026-09-14	2026-09-15
Day:	Friday	Saturday	Sunday	Monday	Tuesday
Moonrise:	06:43:00	08:04:00	09:24:00	10:42:00	12:01:00
Moonset:	19:12:00	19:24:00	19:36:00	19:51:00	20:09:00

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

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