Houston, United States Moonrise, Moonset, Moon illumination

Moonrise, moonset, moon position, illumination and phases in Houston (United States, Texas, Harris County). Current time: Thursday, 2026-08-06, 13:56 (GMT-05:00) America/Chicago . All times are shown in Houston local time. Minimal illumination of the moon today: 37.48%, Maximal illumination for this day: 48.74%. Next full moon will be at: 2026-08-27, 23:19; remaining time: 21d 9h 23m 32s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	00:16
Moonset:	14:37

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 366 136 km
227 507 mi
Houston ↔ Moon, nearest point: 363 288 km
225 736 mi
View angle: 0.544°

Houston on map:

Houston

Info

Local timezone:	GMT-05:00
Latitude:	29.76328°
Longitude:	-95.36327°
Country:	United States Texas
Population:	2 296 224

Moon phase, Moon illumination Today

Moon illumination 0-24h (Current: 42.2%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 22 Day, 21 hours, 15 minutes. (≈22.885 Day)

Moon illumination angle = 128°

Houston, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: 9.6°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 292.2°):

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Moonrise, moonset and phases in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-08-04	2026-08-05	2026-08-06	2026-08-07	2026-08-08
Day:	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
Moonrise:	23:38:00	00:00:00	00:16:00	01:02:00	01:57:00
Moonset:	12:25:00	13:30:00	14:37:00	15:47:00	16:55:00

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

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