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, 2026-05-26, 00:22 (GMT+01:00) Europe/London . All times are shown in Leicester local time. Minimal illumination of the moon today: 74.77%, Maximal illumination for this day: 82.9%. Next full moon will be at: 2026-05-31, 09:46; remaining time: 5d 9h 23m 57s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	16:13
Moonset:	02:41

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 389 708 km
242 153 mi
Leicester ↔ Moon, nearest point: 385 733 km
239 683 mi
View angle: 0.511°

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: 74.9%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 9 Day, 19 hours, 60 minutes. (≈9.833 Day)

Moon illumination angle = -17°

Leicester, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: 20.1°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 233.8°):

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Moonrise, moonset and phases in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-05-24	2026-05-25	2026-05-26	2026-05-27	2026-05-28
Day:	Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday
Moonrise:	13:41:00	14:58:00	16:13:00	17:28:00	18:43:00
Moonset:	02:21:00	02:32:00	02:41:00	02:52:00	03:03:00

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

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