Chicago, United States Moonrise, Moonset, Moon illumination

Moonrise, moonset, moon position, illumination and phases in Chicago (United States, Illinois, Cook County). Current time: Thursday, 2026-08-27, 10:32 (GMT-05:00) America/Chicago . All times are shown in Chicago local time. Minimal illumination of the moon today: 99.01%, Maximal illumination for this day: 100%. Next full moon will be at: 2026-08-27, 23:19; remaining time: 0d 12h 47m 4s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	19:22
Moonset:	05:29

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 393 902 km
244 759 mi
Chicago ↔ Moon, nearest point: 397 146 km
246 775 mi
View angle: 0.506°

Chicago on map:

Chicago

Info

Local timezone:	GMT-05:00
Latitude:	41.85003°
Longitude:	-87.65005°
Country:	United States Illinois
Population:	2 720 546

Moon phase, Moon illumination Today

Moon illumination 0-24h (Current: 99.7%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 14 Day, 5 hours, 59 minutes. (≈14.249 Day)

Moon illumination angle = 33°

Chicago, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: -51.7°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 312.2°):

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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:	18:33:00	18:59:00	19:22:00	19:43:00	20:04:00
Moonset:	03:16:00	04:22:00	05:29:00	06:36:00	07:44:00

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

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