Buffalo, United States Moonrise, Moonset, Moon illumination

Moonrise, moonset, moon position, illumination and phases in Buffalo (United States, New York, Erie County). Current time: Thursday, 2026-08-27, 18:08 (GMT-04:00) America/New_York . All times are shown in Buffalo local time. Minimal illumination of the moon today: 98.92%, Maximal illumination for this day: 100%. Next full moon will be at: 2026-08-28, 00:19; remaining time: 0d 6h 10m 58s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	19:48
Moonset:	05:51

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 392 731 km
244 032 mi
Buffalo ↔ Moon, nearest point: 392 804 km
244 077 mi
View angle: 0.507°

Buffalo on map:

Buffalo

Info

Local timezone:	GMT-04:00
Latitude:	42.88645°
Longitude:	-78.87837°
Country:	United States New York
Population:	258 071

Moon phase, Moon illumination Today

Moon illumination 0-24h (Current: 99.9%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 14 Day, 12 hours, 22 minutes. (≈14.515 Day)

Moon illumination angle = 12°

Buffalo, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: -17°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 89.1°):

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Moonrise, moonset and phases in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-08-25	2026-08-26	2026-08-27	2026-08-28	2026-08-29
Day:	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
Moonrise:	19:01:00	19:26:00	19:48:00	20:08:00	20:28:00
Moonset:	03:36:00	04:43:00	05:51:00	06:58:00	08:06:00

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

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