Buncrana, Ireland Moonrise, Moonset, Moon illumination

Moonrise, moonset, moon position, illumination and phases in Buncrana (Ireland, Ulster, County Donegal). Current time: Thursday, 2026-09-24, 05:00 (GMT+01:00) Europe/Dublin . All times are shown in Buncrana local time. Minimal illumination of the moon today: 91.78%, Maximal illumination for this day: 96.54%. Next full moon will be at: 2026-09-26, 17:50; remaining time: 2d 12h 49m 48s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	18:39
Moonset:	04:17

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 394 030 km
244 839 mi
Buncrana ↔ Moon, nearest point: 392 864 km
244 115 mi
View angle: 0.505°

Buncrana on map:

Buncrana

Info

Local timezone:	GMT+01:00
Latitude:	55.13333°
Longitude:	-7.45°
Country:	Ireland Ulster
Population:	5 546

Moon phase, Moon illumination Today

Moon illumination 0-24h (Current: 92.9%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 12 Day, 5 hours, 36 minutes. (≈12.233 Day)

Moon illumination angle = -5°

Buncrana, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: -5.6°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 258.6°):

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Moonrise, moonset and phases in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-09-22	2026-09-23	2026-09-24	2026-09-25	2026-09-26
Day:	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
Moonrise:	18:21:00	18:31:00	18:39:00	18:46:00	18:54:00
Moonset:	01:33:00	02:55:00	04:17:00	05:40:00	07:03:00

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

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