Boston, United States Moonrise, Moonset, Moon illumination

Moonrise, moonset, moon position, illumination and phases in Boston (United States, Massachusetts, Suffolk County). Current time: Tuesday, 2026-09-22, 07:23 (GMT-04:00) America/New_York . All times are shown in Boston local time. Minimal illumination of the moon today: 79.51%, Maximal illumination for this day: 86.87%. Next full moon will be at: 2026-09-26, 12:50; remaining time: 4d 5h 26m 39s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	16:55
Moonset:	01:56

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 400 288 km
248 727 mi
Boston ↔ Moon, nearest point: 403 780 km
250 897 mi
View angle: 0.498°

Boston on map:

Boston

Info

Local timezone:	GMT-04:00
Latitude:	42.35843°
Longitude:	-71.05977°
Country:	United States Massachusetts
Population:	667 137

Moon phase, Moon illumination Today

Moon illumination 0-24h (Current: 81.9%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 10 Day, 15 hours, 13 minutes. (≈10.634 Day)

Moon illumination angle = 26°

Boston, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: -55.4°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 302°):

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Moonrise, moonset and phases in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-09-20	2026-09-21	2026-09-22	2026-09-23	2026-09-24
Day:	Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday
Moonrise:	15:55:00	16:27:00	16:55:00	17:18:00	17:40:00
Moonset:	00:00:00	00:50:00	01:56:00	03:03:00	04:10:00

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

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