Boston, United States Moonrise, Moonset, Moon illumination

Moonrise, moonset, moon position, illumination and phases in Boston (United States, Massachusetts, Suffolk County). Current time: Friday, 2026-07-03, 05:10 (GMT-04:00) America/New_York . All times are shown in Boston local time. Minimal illumination of the moon today: 84.39%, Maximal illumination for this day: 90.89%. Next full moon will be at: 2026-07-29, 10:37; remaining time: 26d 5h 26m 35s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	22:44
Moonset:	08:32

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 395 223 km
245 580 mi
Boston ↔ Moon, nearest point: 390 555 km
242 680 mi
View angle: 0.504°

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: 89.6%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 17 Day, 20 hours, 21 minutes. (≈17.848 Day)

Moon illumination angle = -169°

Boston, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: 27°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 208.3°):

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Moonrise, moonset and phases in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-07-01	2026-07-02	2026-07-03	2026-07-04	2026-07-05
Day:	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Moonrise:	21:54:00	22:21:00	22:44:00	23:05:00	23:25:00
Moonset:	06:21:00	07:27:00	08:32:00	09:39:00	10:44:00

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

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