Letterkenny, Ireland Moonrise, Moonset, Moon illumination

Moonrise, moonset, moon position, illumination and phases in Letterkenny (Ireland, Ulster, County Donegal). Current time: Thursday, 2026-04-30, 08:46 (GMT+01:00) Europe/Dublin . All times are shown in Letterkenny local time. Minimal illumination of the moon today: 97.05%, Maximal illumination for this day: 99.46%. Next full moon will be at: 2026-05-01, 18:24; remaining time: 1d 9h 38m 10s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	20:15
Moonset:	05:04

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 397 251 km
246 840 mi
Letterkenny ↔ Moon, nearest point: 398 680 km
247 729 mi
View angle: 0.501°

Letterkenny on map:

Letterkenny

Info

Local timezone:	GMT+01:00
Latitude:	54.95°
Longitude:	-7.73333°
Country:	Ireland Ulster
Population:	16 901

Moon phase, Moon illumination Today

Moon illumination 0-24h (Current: 98.2%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 13 Day, 11 hours, 36 minutes. (≈13.484 Day)

Moon illumination angle = 19°

Letterkenny, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: -30.2°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 291.8°):

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Moonrise, moonset and phases in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-04-28	2026-04-29	2026-04-30	2026-05-01	2026-05-02
Day:	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
Moonrise:	17:37:00	18:56:00	20:15:00	21:35:00	22:54:00
Moonset:	04:50:00	04:56:00	05:04:00	05:13:00	05:25:00

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

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