Chennai, India Moonrise, Moonset, Moon illumination

Moonrise, moonset, moon position, illumination and phases in Chennai (India, Tamil Nadu). Current time: Friday, 2026-10-23, 04:59 (GMT+05:30) Asia/Kolkata . All times are shown in Chennai local time. Minimal illumination of the moon today: 86.34%, Maximal illumination for this day: 92.81%. Next full moon will be at: 2026-10-26, 09:43; remaining time: 3d 4h 43m 11s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	15:39
Moonset:	03:12

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 388 585 km
241 456 mi
Chennai ↔ Moon, nearest point: 389 499 km
242 023 mi
View angle: 0.513°

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: 87.8%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 11 Day, 9 hours, 56 minutes. (≈11.414 Day)

Moon illumination angle = 177°

Chennai, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: -25°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 273.6°):

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Moonrise, moonset and phases in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-10-21	2026-10-22	2026-10-23	2026-10-24	2026-10-25
Day:	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Moonrise:	14:22:00	15:00:00	15:39:00	16:18:00	17:00:00
Moonset:	01:33:00	02:22:00	03:12:00	04:03:00	04:56:00

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

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