Cancún, Mexico Moonrise, Moonset, Moon illumination

Moonrise, moonset, moon position, illumination and phases in Cancún (Mexico, Quintana Roo, Benito Juárez). Current time: Saturday, 2026-08-15, 13:17 (GMT-05:00) America/Cancun . All times are shown in Cancún local time. Minimal illumination of the moon today: 7.86%, Maximal illumination for this day: 14.65%. Next full moon will be at: 2026-08-27, 23:19; remaining time: 12d 10h 2m 37s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	09:11
Moonset:	21:20

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 385 254 km
239 386 mi
Cancún ↔ Moon, nearest point: 378 472 km
235 172 mi
View angle: 0.517°

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: 11.4%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 3 Day, 5 hours, 47 minutes. (≈3.241 Day)

Moon illumination angle = 41°

Cancún, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: 52.1°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 125.8°):

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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:	07:16:00	08:15:00	09:11:00	10:06:00	11:00:00
Moonset:	20:09:00	20:45:00	21:20:00	21:54:00	22:30:00

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

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