Chicago, United States Moonrise, Moonset, Moon illumination

Moonrise, moonset, moon position, illumination and phases in Chicago (United States, Illinois, Cook County). Current time: Monday, 2026-09-21, 21:44 (GMT-05:00) America/Chicago . All times are shown in Chicago local time. Minimal illumination of the moon today: 71.54%, Maximal illumination for this day: 79.84%. Next full moon will be at: 2026-09-26, 11:50; remaining time: 4d 14h 6m 2s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	16:33
Moonset:	01:02

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 401 346 km
249 385 mi
Chicago ↔ Moon, nearest point: 396 683 km
246 488 mi
View angle: 0.496°

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: 79.1%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 10 Day, 7 hours, 14 minutes. (≈10.301 Day)

Moon illumination angle = -27°

Chicago, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: 26.9°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 187.2°):

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Moonrise, moonset and phases in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-09-19	2026-09-20	2026-09-21	2026-09-22	2026-09-23
Day:	Saturday	Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday
Moonrise:	15:21:00	16:01:00	16:33:00	17:01:00	17:25:00
Moonset:	23:59:00	00:00:00	01:02:00	02:07:00	03:13:00

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

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