Leicester, United Kingdom Moonrise, Moonset, Moon illumination

Moonrise, moonset, moon position, illumination and phases in Leicester (United Kingdom, England, City of Leicester). Current time: Tuesday, 2026-05-05, 13:26 (GMT+01:00) Europe/London . All times are shown in Leicester local time. Minimal illumination of the moon today: 84.42%, Maximal illumination for this day: 90.64%. Next full moon will be at: 2026-05-31, 09:46; remaining time: 25d 20h 20m 39s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	00:27
Moonset:	06:43

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 405 110 km
251 724 mi
Leicester ↔ Moon, nearest point: 408 408 km
253 773 mi
View angle: 0.492°

Leicester on map:

Leicester

Info

Local timezone:	GMT+01:00
Latitude:	52.6386°
Longitude:	-1.13169°
Country:	United Kingdom England
Population:	508 916

Moon phase, Moon illumination Today

Moon illumination 0-24h (Current: 87.3%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 18 Day, 4 hours, 29 minutes. (≈18.187 Day)

Moon illumination angle = 131°

Leicester, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: -52.5°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 295.5°):

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Moonrise, moonset and phases in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-05-03	2026-05-04	2026-05-05	2026-05-06	2026-05-07
Day:	Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday
Moonrise:	23:23:00	00:00:00	00:27:00	01:18:00	01:56:00
Moonset:	05:32:00	06:02:00	06:43:00	07:39:00	08:45:00

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

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