Durham, United States Moonrise, Moonset, Moon illumination

Moonrise, moonset, moon position, illumination and phases in Durham (United States, North Carolina, Durham County). Current time: Wednesday, 2026-05-20, 15:56 (GMT-04:00) America/New_York . All times are shown in Durham 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 12h 49m 50s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	09:42
Moonset:	00:00

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 367 328 km
228 247 mi
Durham ↔ Moon, nearest point: 359 568 km
223 425 mi
View angle: 0.542°

Durham on map:

Durham

Info

Local timezone:	GMT-04:00
Latitude:	35.99403°
Longitude:	-78.89862°
Country:	United States North Carolina
Population:	257 636

Moon phase, Moon illumination Today

Moon illumination 0-24h (Current: 22.1%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 4 Day, 14 hours, 20 minutes. (≈4.598 Day)

Moon illumination angle = -17°

Durham, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: 70.8°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 120.5°):

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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:	07:20:00	08:28:00	09:42:00	10:56:00	12:07:00
Moonset:	23:02:00	23:59:00	00:00:00	00:46:00	01:24:00

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

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