Preston, United Kingdom Moonrise, Moonset, Moon illumination

Moonrise, moonset, moon position, illumination and phases in Preston (United Kingdom, England, Lancashire). Current time: Saturday, 2026-04-18, 05:43 (GMT+01:00) Europe/London . All times are shown in Preston local time. Minimal illumination of the moon today: 0.32%, Maximal illumination for this day: 3.14%. Next full moon will be at: 2026-05-01, 18:24; remaining time: 13d 12h 40m 55s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	05:55
Moonset:	22:32

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 366 873 km
227 964 mi
Preston ↔ Moon, nearest point: 365 215 km
226 934 mi
View angle: 0.543°

Preston on map:

Preston

Info

Local timezone:	GMT+01:00
Latitude:	53.76282°
Longitude:	-2.70452°
Country:	United Kingdom England
Population:	313 332

Moon phase, Moon illumination Today

Moon illumination 0-24h (Current: 0.73%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 0 Day, 19 hours, 20 minutes. (≈0.806 Day)

Moon illumination angle = -14°

Preston, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: -1.2°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 56.2°):

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Moonrise, moonset and phases in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-04-16	2026-04-17	2026-04-18	2026-04-19	2026-04-20
Day:	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday	Monday
Moonrise:	05:30:00	05:41:00	05:55:00	06:16:00	06:48:00
Moonset:	19:21:00	20:54:00	22:32:00	00:00:00	00:09:00

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

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