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Boston, United States Moonrise, Moonset, Moon illumination

Moonrise, moonset, moon position, illumination and phases in Boston (United States, Massachusetts, Suffolk County). Current time: Monday, 2026-09-21, 23:44 (GMT-04:00) America/New_York . All times are shown in Boston local time. Minimal illumination of the moon today: 71.18%, Maximal illumination for this day: 79.51%. Next full moon will be at: 2026-09-26, 12:50; remaining time: 4d 13h 6m 0s.


Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise: 16:27
Moonset: 00:50

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 401 229 km
249 312 mi

Boston ↔ Moon, nearest point: 397 497 km
246 993 mi

View angle: 0.496°

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: 79.4%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 10 Day, 8 hours, 9 minutes. (≈10.34 Day)

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Moon illumination angle = -29°


Boston, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: 17.8°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 217.2°):

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Moonrise, moonset and phases in next few days

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date:2026-09-19 2026-09-20 2026-09-21 2026-09-22 2026-09-23
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Moonrise:15:15:0015:55:0016:27:0016:55:0017:18:00
Moonset:23:48:0000:00:0000:50:0001:56:0003:03:00

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

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