Sunch’ŏn, North Korea Moonrise, Moonset, Moon illumination

Moonrise, moonset, moon position, illumination and phases in Sunch’ŏn (North Korea, South Pyongan, Sunch’ŏn-si). Current time: Wednesday, 2026-05-20, 22:57 (GMT+09:00) Asia/Pyongyang . All times are shown in Sunch’ŏn local time. Minimal illumination of the moon today: 11.45%, Maximal illumination for this day: 20.1%. Next full moon will be at: 2026-05-31, 17:46; remaining time: 10d 18h 49m 6s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	08:08
Moonset:	23:53

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 366 616 km
227 805 mi
Sunch’ŏn ↔ Moon, nearest point: 363 877 km
226 103 mi
View angle: 0.543°

Sunch’ŏn on map:

Sunch’ŏn

Info

Local timezone:	GMT+09:00
Latitude:	39.43167°
Longitude:	125.93278°
Country:	North Korea South Pyongan
Population:	437 000

Moon phase, Moon illumination Today

Moon illumination 0-24h (Current: 19.7%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 4 Day, 7 hours, 43 minutes. (≈4.322 Day)

Moon illumination angle = -43°

Sunch’ŏn, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: 8.6°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 296.3°):

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Moonrise, moonset and phases in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-05-18	2026-05-19	2026-05-20	2026-05-21	2026-05-22
Day:	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Moonrise:	05:53:00	06:56:00	08:08:00	09:25:00	10:39:00
Moonset:	21:57:00	23:02:00	23:53:00	00:00:00	00:32:00

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