Preston, United Kingdom Moonrise, Moonset, Moon illumination

Moonrise, moonset, moon position, illumination and phases in Preston (United Kingdom, England, Lancashire). Current time: Monday, 2026-08-24, 09:23 (GMT+01:00) Europe/London . All times are shown in Preston local time. Minimal illumination of the moon today: 83.41%, Maximal illumination for this day: 89.92%. Next full moon will be at: 2026-08-28, 05:19; remaining time: 3d 19h 56m 9s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	19:15
Moonset:	01:09

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 403 992 km
251 029 mi
Preston ↔ Moon, nearest point: 407 775 km
253 380 mi
View angle: 0.493°

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: 86.1%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 11 Day, 4 hours, 12 minutes. (≈11.175 Day)

Moon illumination angle = 38°

Preston, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: -60.3°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 335.4°):

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Moonrise, moonset and phases in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-08-22	2026-08-23	2026-08-24	2026-08-25	2026-08-26
Day:	Saturday	Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday
Moonrise:	18:06:00	18:47:00	19:15:00	19:35:00	19:49:00
Moonset:	00:00:00	00:03:00	01:09:00	02:23:00	03:42:00

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

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