Preston, United Kingdom Moonrise, Moonset, Moon illumination

Moonrise, moonset, moon position, illumination and phases in Preston (United Kingdom, England, Lancashire). Current time: Sunday, 2026-09-13, 16:19 (GMT+01:00) Europe/London . All times are shown in Preston local time. Minimal illumination of the moon today: 3.94%, Maximal illumination for this day: 9.02%. Next full moon will be at: 2026-09-26, 17:50; remaining time: 13d 1h 31m 1s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	09:44
Moonset:	19:46

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 391 322 km
243 156 mi
Preston ↔ Moon, nearest point: 387 168 km
240 575 mi
View angle: 0.509°

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: 7.2%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 2 Day, 13 hours, 19 minutes. (≈2.555 Day)

Moon illumination angle = 9°

Preston, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: 21.9°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 201.1°):

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Moonrise, moonset and phases in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-09-11	2026-09-12	2026-09-13	2026-09-14	2026-09-15
Day:	Friday	Saturday	Sunday	Monday	Tuesday
Moonrise:	06:58:00	08:21:00	09:44:00	11:05:00	12:26:00
Moonset:	19:27:00	19:36:00	19:46:00	19:58:00	20:14:00

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

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