Bakersfield, United States Moonrise, Moonset, Moon illumination

Moonrise, moonset, moon position, illumination and phases in Bakersfield (United States, California, Kern County). Current time: Tuesday, 2026-05-19, 20:12 (GMT-07:00) America/Los_Angeles . All times are shown in Bakersfield local time. Minimal illumination of the moon today: 9%, Maximal illumination for this day: 17.03%. Next full moon will be at: 2026-05-31, 01:46; remaining time: 11d 5h 34m 44s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	08:19
Moonset:	23:44

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 365 496 km
227 109 mi
Bakersfield ↔ Moon, nearest point: 359 793 km
223 565 mi
View angle: 0.545°

Bakersfield on map:

Bakersfield

Info

Local timezone:	GMT-07:00
Latitude:	35.37329°
Longitude:	-119.01871°
Country:	United States California
Population:	373 640

Moon phase, Moon illumination Today

Moon illumination 0-24h (Current: 15.6%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 3 Day, 19 hours, 42 minutes. (≈3.821 Day)

Moon illumination angle = -66°

Bakersfield, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: 38.1°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 278.4°):

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Moonrise, moonset and phases in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-05-17	2026-05-18	2026-05-19	2026-05-20	2026-05-21
Day:	Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday
Moonrise:	06:09:00	07:10:00	08:19:00	09:33:00	10:46:00
Moonset:	21:39:00	22:47:00	23:44:00	00:00:00	00:29:00

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

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