Edinburgh, United Kingdom Moonrise, Moonset, Moon illumination

Moonrise, moonset, moon position, illumination and phases in Edinburgh (United Kingdom, Scotland). Current time: Wednesday, 2026-10-07, 06:39 (GMT+01:00) Europe/London . All times are shown in Edinburgh local time. Minimal illumination of the moon today: 8.21%, Maximal illumination for this day: 15.3%. Next full moon will be at: 2026-10-26, 04:13; remaining time: 18d 22h 33m 53s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	03:07
Moonset:	17:31

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 372 971 km
231 754 mi
Edinburgh ↔ Moon, nearest point: 368 329 km
228 869 mi
View angle: 0.534°

Edinburgh on map:

Edinburgh

Info

Local timezone:	GMT+01:00
Latitude:	55.95206°
Longitude:	-3.19648°
Country:	United Kingdom Scotland
Population:	464 990

Moon phase, Moon illumination Today

Moon illumination 0-24h (Current: 13.1%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 26 Day, 1 hours, 5 minutes. (≈26.045 Day)

Moon illumination angle = -123°

Edinburgh, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: 26.7°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 112°):

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Moonrise, moonset and phases in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-10-05	2026-10-06	2026-10-07	2026-10-08	2026-10-09
Day:	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Moonrise:	00:00:00	01:34:00	03:07:00	04:35:00	06:01:00
Moonset:	17:12:00	17:23:00	17:31:00	17:38:00	17:44:00

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

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