Bakersfield, United States Moonrise, Moonset, Moon illumination

Moonrise, moonset, moon position, illumination and phases in Bakersfield (United States, California, Kern County). Current time: Wednesday, 2026-04-29, 17:56 (GMT-07:00) America/Los_Angeles . All times are shown in Bakersfield local time. Minimal illumination of the moon today: 94.38%, Maximal illumination for this day: 98.06%. Next full moon will be at: 2026-05-01, 10:24; remaining time: 1d 16h 28m 7s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	18:09
Moonset:	04:48

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 396 190 km
246 181 mi
Bakersfield ↔ Moon, nearest point: 394 813 km
245 325 mi
View angle: 0.503°

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: 97.3%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 13 Day, 5 hours, 14 minutes. (≈13.218 Day)

Moon illumination angle = 8°

Bakersfield, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: -3.7°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 101.6°):

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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:	16:09:00	17:10:00	18:09:00	19:09:00	20:10:00
Moonset:	04:00:00	04:24:00	04:48:00	05:14:00	05:42:00

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

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