Houston, United States Moonrise, Moonset, Moon illumination

Moonrise, moonset, moon position, illumination and phases in Houston (United States, Texas, Harris County). Current time: Wednesday, 2026-05-20, 10:18 (GMT-05:00) America/Chicago . All times are shown in Houston 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 17h 28m 17s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	10:09
Moonset:	00:00

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 366 771 km
227 901 mi
Houston ↔ Moon, nearest point: 364 609 km
226 558 mi
View angle: 0.543°

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: 20.2%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 4 Day, 9 hours, 13 minutes. (≈4.384 Day)

Moon illumination angle = 60°

Houston, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: 3.3°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 62.4°):

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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:	07:50:00	08:58:00	10:09:00	11:20:00	12:26:00
Moonset:	22:49:00	23:49:00	00:00:00	00:38:00	01:19:00

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

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