Leicester, United Kingdom Moonrise, Moonset, Moon illumination

Moonrise, moonset, moon position, illumination and phases in Leicester (United Kingdom, England, City of Leicester). Current time: Wednesday, 2026-04-15, 10:48 (GMT+01:00) Europe/London . All times are shown in Leicester local time. Minimal illumination of the moon today: 3.23%, Maximal illumination for this day: 8.43%. Next full moon will be at: 2026-05-01, 18:24; remaining time: 16d 7h 36m 14s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	05:14
Moonset:	17:44

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 377 912 km
234 824 mi
Leicester ↔ Moon, nearest point: 372 201 km
231 275 mi
View angle: 0.527°

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: 5.8%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 27 Day, 5 hours, 44 minutes. (≈27.239 Day)

Moon illumination angle = 179°

Leicester, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: 38.2°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 169.8°):

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Moonrise, moonset and phases in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-04-13	2026-04-14	2026-04-15	2026-04-16	2026-04-17
Day:	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Moonrise:	04:52:00	05:03:00	05:14:00	05:25:00	05:38:00
Moonset:	14:57:00	16:19:00	17:44:00	19:12:00	20:44:00

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

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