Chicago, United States Moonrise, Moonset, Moon illumination

Moonrise, moonset, moon position, illumination and phases in Chicago (United States, Illinois, Cook County). Current time: Thursday, 2026-10-22, 18:25 (GMT-05:00) America/Chicago . All times are shown in Chicago local time. Minimal illumination of the moon today: 82.08%, Maximal illumination for this day: 89.36%. Next full moon will be at: 2026-10-25, 23:13; remaining time: 3d 4h 47m 23s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	16:09
Moonset:	03:08

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 388 599 km
241 464 mi
Chicago ↔ Moon, nearest point: 384 189 km
238 724 mi
View angle: 0.513°

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: 87.8%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 11 Day, 9 hours, 51 minutes. (≈11.411 Day)

Moon illumination angle = -12°

Chicago, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: 24.4°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 117.7°):

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Moonrise, moonset and phases in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-10-20	2026-10-21	2026-10-22	2026-10-23	2026-10-24
Day:	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
Moonrise:	15:26:00	15:48:00	16:09:00	16:30:00	16:53:00
Moonset:	00:56:00	02:02:00	03:08:00	04:16:00	05:26:00

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

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