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)

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

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-09-19	2026-09-20	2026-09-21	2026-09-22	2026-09-23
Day:	Saturday	Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday
Moonrise:	15:15:00	15:55:00	16:27:00	16:55:00	17:18:00
Moonset:	23:48:00	00:00:00	00:50:00	01:56:00	03:03:00

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

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