Boston, United States Moonrise, Moonset, Moon illumination

Moonrise, moonset, moon position, illumination and phases in Boston (United States, Massachusetts, Suffolk County). Current time: Friday, 2026-10-23, 05:45 (GMT-04:00) America/New_York . All times are shown in Boston local time. Minimal illumination of the moon today: 89.09%, Maximal illumination for this day: 94.88%. Next full moon will be at: 2026-10-26, 00:13; remaining time: 2d 18h 27m 55s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	16:23
Moonset:	04:06

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 386 522 km
240 174 mi
Boston ↔ Moon, nearest point: 386 564 km
240 200 mi
View angle: 0.515°

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: 90.6%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 11 Day, 20 hours, 13 minutes. (≈11.842 Day)

Moon illumination angle = 1°

Boston, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: -16.7°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 286.2°):

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Moonrise, moonset and phases in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-10-21	2026-10-22	2026-10-23	2026-10-24	2026-10-25
Day:	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Moonrise:	15:42:00	16:02:00	16:23:00	16:45:00	17:11:00
Moonset:	01:52:00	02:58:00	04:06:00	05:17:00	06:30:00

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

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