Balad, Iraq Moonrise, Moonset, Moon illumination

Moonrise, moonset, moon position, illumination and phases in Balad (Iraq, Salah ad Din, Balad District). Current time: Saturday, 2026-08-15, 00:20 (GMT+03:00) Asia/Baghdad . All times are shown in Balad local time. Minimal illumination of the moon today: 5.98%, Maximal illumination for this day: 12.21%. Next full moon will be at: 2026-08-28, 07:19; remaining time: 13d 6h 59m 40s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	08:07
Moonset:	20:19

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 380 949 km
236 711 mi
Balad ↔ Moon, nearest point: 383 852 km
238 515 mi
View angle: 0.523°

Balad on map:

Balad

Info

Local timezone:	GMT+03:00
Latitude:	34.01485°
Longitude:	44.14574°
Country:	Iraq Salah ad Din
Population:	42 088

Moon phase, Moon illumination Today

Moon illumination 0-24h (Current: 6.1%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 2 Day, 8 hours, 5 minutes. (≈2.337 Day)

Moon illumination angle = 11°

Balad, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: -47.1°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 323.7°):

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Moonrise, moonset and phases in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-08-13	2026-08-14	2026-08-15	2026-08-16	2026-08-17
Day:	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday	Monday
Moonrise:	05:53:00	07:02:00	08:07:00	09:10:00	10:12:00
Moonset:	19:23:00	19:52:00	20:19:00	20:46:00	21:14:00

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

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