Cancún, Mexico Moonrise, Moonset, Moon illumination

Moonrise, moonset, moon position, illumination and phases in Cancún (Mexico, Quintana Roo, Benito Juárez). Current time: Monday, 2026-09-21, 23:13 (GMT-05:00) America/Cancun . All times are shown in Cancún local time. Minimal illumination of the moon today: 71.54%, Maximal illumination for this day: 79.84%. Next full moon will be at: 2026-09-26, 11:50; remaining time: 4d 12h 37m 22s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	15:40
Moonset:	01:56

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 401 173 km
249 277 mi
Cancún ↔ Moon, nearest point: 395 363 km
245 667 mi
View angle: 0.496°

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: 79.6%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 10 Day, 8 hours, 35 minutes. (≈10.358 Day)

Moon illumination angle = -50°

Cancún, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: 39.4°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 216.1°):

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Moonrise, moonset and phases in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-09-19	2026-09-20	2026-09-21	2026-09-22	2026-09-23
Day:	Saturday	Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday
Moonrise:	14:11:00	14:57:00	15:40:00	16:18:00	16:54:00
Moonset:	00:07:00	01:01:00	01:56:00	02:50:00	03:45:00

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

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