Boston, United States Moonrise, Moonset, Moon illumination

Moonrise, moonset, moon position, illumination and phases in Boston (United States, Massachusetts, Suffolk County). Current time: Friday, 2026-06-12, 17:49 (GMT-04:00) America/New_York . All times are shown in Boston local time. Minimal illumination of the moon today: 5.84%, Maximal illumination for this day: 12.76%. Next full moon will be at: 2026-06-29, 19:58; remaining time: 17d 2h 8m 14s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	02:35
Moonset:	17:54

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 365 602 km
227 175 mi
Boston ↔ Moon, nearest point: 363 540 km
225 893 mi
View angle: 0.545°

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: 7.4%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 26 Day, 22 hours, 34 minutes. (≈26.94 Day)

Moon illumination angle = 131°

Boston, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: 2.4°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 299.6°):

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Moonrise, moonset and phases in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-06-10	2026-06-11	2026-06-12	2026-06-13	2026-06-14
Day:	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Moonrise:	01:42:00	02:06:00	02:35:00	03:13:00	04:02:00
Moonset:	15:16:00	16:33:00	17:54:00	19:16:00	20:32:00

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

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