Cancún, Mexico Moonrise, Moonset, Moon illumination

Moonrise, moonset, moon position, illumination and phases in Cancún (Mexico, Quintana Roo, Benito Juárez). Current time: Thursday, 2026-10-22, 21:24 (GMT-05:00) America/Cancun . All times are shown in Cancún local time. Minimal illumination of the moon today: 82.08%, Maximal illumination for this day: 89.36%. Next full moon will be at: 2026-10-25, 23:13; remaining time: 3d 1h 48m 32s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	15:59
Moonset:	03:20

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 388 004 km
241 094 mi
Cancún ↔ Moon, nearest point: 380 465 km
236 410 mi
View angle: 0.513°

Cancún on map:

Cancún

Info

Local timezone:	GMT-05:00
Latitude:	21.17429°
Longitude:	-86.84656°
Country:	Mexico Quintana Roo
Population:	542 043

Moon phase, Moon illumination Today

Moon illumination 0-24h (Current: 88.7%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 11 Day, 12 hours, 50 minutes. (≈11.535 Day)

Moon illumination angle = -49°

Cancún, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: 65.4°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 156.4°):

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Moonrise, moonset and phases in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-10-20	2026-10-21	2026-10-22	2026-10-23	2026-10-24
Day:	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
Moonrise:	14:50:00	15:25:00	15:59:00	16:33:00	17:10:00
Moonset:	01:33:00	02:26:00	03:20:00	04:13:00	05:10:00

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

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