Preston, United Kingdom Moonrise, Moonset, Moon illumination

Moonrise, moonset, moon position, illumination and phases in Preston (United Kingdom, England, Lancashire). Current time: Wednesday, 2026-10-07, 06:39 (GMT+01:00) Europe/London . All times are shown in Preston 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 43s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	03:11
Moonset:	17:25

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 372 972 km
231 754 mi
Preston ↔ Moon, nearest point: 368 222 km
228 802 mi
View angle: 0.534°

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: 13.1%):

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

Moon illumination angle = -121°

Preston, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: 27.8°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 111.5°):

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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:	00:10:00	01:42:00	03:11:00	04:36:00	05:59:00
Moonset:	16:59:00	17:14:00	17:25:00	17:35:00	17:44:00

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

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