Boston, United States Moonrise, Moonset, Moon illumination

Moonrise, moonset, moon position, illumination and phases in Boston (United States, Massachusetts, Suffolk County). Current time: Friday, 2026-07-24, 13:42 (GMT-04:00) America/New_York . All times are shown in Boston local time. Minimal illumination of the moon today: 75.04%, Maximal illumination for this day: 82.76%. Next full moon will be at: 2026-07-29, 10:37; remaining time: 4d 20h 54m 42s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	16:55
Moonset:	00:46

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 404 688 km
251 462 mi
Boston ↔ Moon, nearest point: 406 171 km
252 383 mi
View angle: 0.492°

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: 79.6%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 10 Day, 8 hours, 35 minutes. (≈10.358 Day)

Moon illumination angle = 48°

Boston, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: -30.7°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 99.4°):

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Moonrise, moonset and phases in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-07-22	2026-07-23	2026-07-24	2026-07-25	2026-07-26
Day:	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Moonrise:	14:48:00	15:53:00	16:55:00	17:51:00	18:41:00
Moonset:	00:00:00	00:13:00	00:46:00	01:26:00	02:14:00

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

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