Chicago, United States Moonrise, Moonset, Moon illumination

Moonrise, moonset, moon position, illumination and phases in Chicago (United States, Illinois, Cook County). Current time: Wednesday, 2026-05-20, 18:48 (GMT-05:00) America/Chicago . All times are shown in Chicago local time. Minimal illumination of the moon today: 16.29%, Maximal illumination for this day: 25.82%. Next full moon will be at: 2026-05-31, 03:46; remaining time: 10d 8h 58m 22s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	08:59
Moonset:	00:00

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 367 819 km
228 552 mi
Chicago ↔ Moon, nearest point: 360 523 km
224 018 mi
View angle: 0.541°

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: 23.7%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 4 Day, 18 hours, 35 minutes. (≈4.774 Day)

Moon illumination angle = -55°

Chicago, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: 60.5°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 242.5°):

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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:	06:32:00	07:42:00	08:59:00	10:16:00	11:32:00
Moonset:	23:02:00	23:57:00	00:00:00	00:39:00	01:12:00

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

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