Cancún, Mexico Moonrise, Moonset, Moon illumination

Moonrise, moonset, moon position, illumination and phases in Cancún (Mexico, Quintana Roo, Benito Juárez). Current time: Wednesday, 2026-04-29, 19:55 (GMT-05:00) America/Cancun . All times are shown in Cancún local time. Minimal illumination of the moon today: 93.99%, Maximal illumination for this day: 97.83%. Next full moon will be at: 2026-05-01, 12:24; remaining time: 1d 16h 28m 45s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	17:40
Moonset:	04:48

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 396 188 km
246 180 mi
Cancún ↔ Moon, nearest point: 391 473 km
243 250 mi
View angle: 0.503°

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: 97.3%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 13 Day, 5 hours, 13 minutes. (≈13.218 Day)

Moon illumination angle = -12°

Cancún, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: 27.5°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 116.4°):

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Moonrise, moonset and phases in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-04-27	2026-04-28	2026-04-29	2026-04-30	2026-05-01
Day:	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Moonrise:	15:57:00	16:49:00	17:40:00	18:32:00	19:26:00
Moonset:	03:43:00	04:16:00	04:48:00	05:21:00	05:56:00

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

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