Houston, United States Moonrise, Moonset, Moon illumination

Moonrise, moonset, moon position, illumination and phases in Houston (United States, Texas, Harris County). Current time: Thursday, 2026-10-22, 20:35 (GMT-05:00) America/Chicago . All times are shown in Houston 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 2h 37m 11s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	16:36
Moonset:	03:50

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 388 166 km
241 195 mi
Houston ↔ Moon, nearest point: 381 712 km
237 185 mi
View angle: 0.513°

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: 88.4%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 11 Day, 12 hours, 1 minutes. (≈11.501 Day)

Moon illumination angle = -29°

Houston, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: 47.4°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 132.5°):

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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:	15:37:00	16:07:00	16:36:00	17:06:00	17:37:00
Moonset:	01:54:00	02:52:00	03:50:00	04:49:00	05:50:00

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

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