Cancún, Mexico Moonrise, Moonset, Moon illumination

Moonrise, moonset, moon position, illumination and phases in Cancún (Mexico, Quintana Roo, Benito Juárez). Current time: Wednesday, 2026-05-20, 17:34 (GMT-05:00) America/Cancun . All times are shown in Cancún local time. Minimal illumination of the moon today: 16.29%, Maximal illumination for this day: 25.82%. Next full moon will be at: 2026-05-31, 03:46; remaining time: 10d 10h 12m 11s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	09:55
Moonset:	23:45

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 367 660 km
228 453 mi
Cancún ↔ Moon, nearest point: 359 672 km
223 490 mi
View angle: 0.542°

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: 23.2%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 4 Day, 17 hours, 14 minutes. (≈4.718 Day)

Moon illumination angle = -92°

Cancún, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: 78.7°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 289.2°):

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Moonrise, moonset and phases in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-05-18	2026-05-19	2026-05-20	2026-05-21	2026-05-22
Day:	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Moonrise:	07:38:00	08:46:00	09:55:00	11:01:00	12:02:00
Moonset:	21:50:00	22:51:00	23:45:00	00:00:00	00:30:00

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

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