Boston, United States Moonrise, Moonset, Moon illumination

Moonrise, moonset, moon position, illumination and phases in Boston (United States, Massachusetts, Suffolk County). Current time: Thursday, 2026-05-21, 12:29 (GMT-04:00) America/New_York . All times are shown in Boston local time. Minimal illumination of the moon today: 25.4%, Maximal illumination for this day: 35.89%. Next full moon will be at: 2026-05-31, 04:46; remaining time: 9d 16h 16m 50s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	10:05
Moonset:	00:33

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 370 205 km
230 035 mi
Boston ↔ Moon, nearest point: 365 647 km
227 203 mi
View angle: 0.538°

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: 30.8%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 5 Day, 12 hours, 41 minutes. (≈5.528 Day)

Moon illumination angle = 37°

Boston, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: 25.8°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 83.8°):

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Moonrise, moonset and phases in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-05-19	2026-05-20	2026-05-21	2026-05-22	2026-05-23
Day:	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
Moonrise:	07:30:00	08:46:00	10:05:00	11:21:00	12:33:00
Moonset:	23:51:00	00:00:00	00:33:00	01:06:00	01:32:00

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

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