Buffalo, United States Moonrise, Moonset, Moon illumination

Moonrise, moonset, moon position, illumination and phases in Buffalo (United States, New York, Erie County). Current time: Wednesday, 2026-05-20, 11:58 (GMT-04:00) America/New_York . All times are shown in Buffalo local time. Minimal illumination of the moon today: 15.92%, Maximal illumination for this day: 25.4%. Next full moon will be at: 2026-05-31, 04:46; remaining time: 10d 16h 48m 7s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	09:18
Moonset:	00:25

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 366 849 km
227 950 mi
Buffalo ↔ Moon, nearest point: 362 140 km
225 023 mi
View angle: 0.543°

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: 20.5%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 4 Day, 9 hours, 57 minutes. (≈4.415 Day)

Moon illumination angle = 41°

Buffalo, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: 27.4°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 79.7°):

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Moonrise, moonset and phases in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-05-18	2026-05-19	2026-05-20	2026-05-21	2026-05-22
Day:	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Moonrise:	06:51:00	08:00:00	09:18:00	10:36:00	11:53:00
Moonset:	23:30:00	00:00:00	00:25:00	01:07:00	01:39:00

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

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