Chennai, India Moonrise, Moonset, Moon illumination

Moonrise, moonset, moon position, illumination and phases in Chennai (India, Tamil Nadu). Current time: Wednesday, 2026-08-05, 10:01 (GMT+05:30) Asia/Kolkata . All times are shown in Chennai local time. Minimal illumination of the moon today: 53.65%, Maximal illumination for this day: 64.5%. Next full moon will be at: 2026-08-28, 09:49; remaining time: 22d 23h 48m 29s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	23:12
Moonset:	11:21

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 371 282 km
230 704 mi
Chennai ↔ Moon, nearest point: 367 385 km
228 282 mi
View angle: 0.536°

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: 60.1%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 21 Day, 4 hours, 43 minutes. (≈21.197 Day)

Moon illumination angle = 19°

Chennai, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: 19.4°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 283.1°):

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Moonrise, moonset and phases in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-08-03	2026-08-04	2026-08-05	2026-08-06	2026-08-07
Day:	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Moonrise:	21:48:00	22:28:00	23:12:00	00:00:00	00:02:00
Moonset:	09:36:00	10:26:00	11:21:00	12:19:00	13:21:00

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

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