Houston, United States Moonrise, Moonset, Moon illumination

Moonrise, moonset, moon position, illumination and phases in Houston (United States, Texas, Harris County). Current time: Monday, 2026-09-21, 18:38 (GMT-05:00) America/Chicago . All times are shown in Houston 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 17h 11m 28s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	16:32
Moonset:	02:11

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 401 697 km
249 603 mi
Houston ↔ Moon, nearest point: 397 476 km
246 980 mi
View angle: 0.496°

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: 78.1%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 10 Day, 4 hours, 24 minutes. (≈10.183 Day)

Moon illumination angle = -6°

Houston, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: 22.5°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 133.8°):

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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:	15:10:00	15:54:00	16:32:00	17:07:00	17:39:00
Moonset:	00:18:00	01:14:00	02:11:00	03:09:00	04:08:00

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

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