Arecibo, Puerto Rico Moonrise, Moonset, Moon illumination

Moonrise, moonset, moon position, illumination and phases in Arecibo (Puerto Rico, Arecibo Barrio-Pueblo). Current time: Thursday, 2026-05-07, 18:21 (GMT-04:00) America/Puerto_Rico . All times are shown in Arecibo local time. Minimal illumination of the moon today: 66.55%, Maximal illumination for this day: 75.25%. Next full moon will be at: 2026-05-31, 04:46; remaining time: 23d 10h 25m 37s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	00:00
Moonset:	10:23

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 400 325 km
248 750 mi
Arecibo ↔ Moon, nearest point: 404 733 km
251 490 mi
View angle: 0.497°

Arecibo on map:

Arecibo

Info

Local timezone:	GMT-04:00
Latitude:	18.47245°
Longitude:	-66.71573°
Country:	Puerto Rico
Population:	49 318

Moon phase, Moon illumination Today

Moon illumination 0-24h (Current: 68.7%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 20 Day, 8 hours, 22 minutes. (≈20.349 Day)

Moon illumination angle = 36°

Arecibo, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: -74.9°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 113.4°):

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Moonrise, moonset and phases in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-05-05	2026-05-06	2026-05-07	2026-05-08	2026-05-09
Day:	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
Moonrise:	22:29:00	23:17:00	00:00:00	00:01:00	00:42:00
Moonset:	08:37:00	09:30:00	10:23:00	11:18:00	12:11:00

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

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