Chennai, India Moonrise, Moonset, Moon illumination

Moonrise, moonset, moon position, illumination and phases in Chennai (India, Tamil Nadu). Current time: Wednesday, 2026-07-15, 16:21 (GMT+05:30) Asia/Kolkata . All times are shown in Chennai local time. Minimal illumination of the moon today: 0.19%, Maximal illumination for this day: 2.71%. Next full moon will be at: 2026-07-29, 20:07; remaining time: 14d 3h 45m 23s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	06:33
Moonset:	19:44

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 368 674 km
229 083 mi
Chennai ↔ Moon, nearest point: 362 334 km
225 144 mi
View angle: 0.54°

Chennai on map:

Chennai

Info

Local timezone:	GMT+05:30
Latitude:	13.08784°
Longitude:	80.27847°
Country:	India Tamil Nadu
Population:	4 328 063

Moon phase, Moon illumination Today

Moon illumination 0-24h (Current: 1.6%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 1 Day, 4 hours, 37 minutes. (≈1.192 Day)

Moon illumination angle = -87°

Chennai, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: 45.9°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 286.5°):

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Moonrise, moonset and phases in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-07-13	2026-07-14	2026-07-15	2026-07-16	2026-07-17
Day:	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Moonrise:	04:18:00	05:27:00	06:33:00	07:36:00	08:34:00
Moonset:	17:49:00	18:49:00	19:44:00	20:32:00	21:15:00

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

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