Boston, United States Moonrise, Moonset, Moon illumination

Moonrise, moonset, moon position, illumination and phases in Boston (United States, Massachusetts, Suffolk County). Current time: Thursday, 2026-11-12, 17:47 (GMT-05:00) America/New_York . All times are shown in Boston local time. Minimal illumination of the moon today: 7.85%, Maximal illumination for this day: 13.69%. Next full moon will be at: 2026-11-24, 09:55; remaining time: 11d 16h 7m 25s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	10:00
Moonset:	18:28

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 405 392 km
251 899 mi
Boston ↔ Moon, nearest point: 402 941 km
250 376 mi
View angle: 0.491°

Boston on map:

Boston

Info

Local timezone:	GMT-05:00
Latitude:	42.35843°
Longitude:	-71.05977°
Country:	United States Massachusetts
Population:	667 137

Moon phase, Moon illumination Today

Moon illumination 0-24h (Current: 12.1%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 3 Day, 7 hours, 59 minutes. (≈3.333 Day)

Moon illumination angle = -30°

Boston, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: 6°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 223.5°):

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Moonrise, moonset and phases in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-11-10	2026-11-11	2026-11-12	2026-11-13	2026-11-14
Day:	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
Moonrise:	08:06:00	09:06:00	10:00:00	10:46:00	11:24:00
Moonset:	16:52:00	17:37:00	18:28:00	19:27:00	20:28:00

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

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