Bentota, Sri Lanka Moonrise, Moonset, Moon illumination

Moonrise, moonset, moon position, illumination and phases in Bentota (Sri Lanka, Southern). Current time: Monday, 2026-09-07, 22:09 (GMT+05:30) Asia/Colombo . All times are shown in Bentota local time. Minimal illumination of the moon today: 14.28%, Maximal illumination for this day: 23.33%. Next full moon will be at: 2026-09-26, 22:20; remaining time: 19d 0h 10m 41s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	02:14
Moonset:	15:08

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 366 076 km
227 469 mi
Bentota ↔ Moon, nearest point: 369 768 km
229 763 mi
View angle: 0.544°

Bentota on map:

Bentota

Info

Local timezone:	GMT+05:30
Latitude:	6.42598°
Longitude:	79.99575°
Country:	Sri Lanka Southern
Population:	37 000

Moon phase, Moon illumination Today

Moon illumination 0-24h (Current: 14.9%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 25 Day, 19 hours, 18 minutes. (≈25.804 Day)

Moon illumination angle = 179°

Bentota, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: -58.7°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 22.1°):

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Moonrise, moonset and phases in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-09-05	2026-09-06	2026-09-07	2026-09-08	2026-09-09
Day:	Saturday	Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday
Moonrise:	00:08:00	01:11:00	02:14:00	03:16:00	04:13:00
Moonset:	13:07:00	14:09:00	15:08:00	16:02:00	16:52:00

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

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