Houston, United States Moonrise, Moonset, Moon illumination

Moonrise, moonset, moon position, illumination and phases in Houston (United States, Texas, Harris County). Current time: Thursday, 2026-07-16, 19:03 (GMT-05:00) America/Chicago . All times are shown in Houston local time. Minimal illumination of the moon today: 4.66%, Maximal illumination for this day: 10.76%. Next full moon will be at: 2026-07-29, 09:37; remaining time: 12d 14h 34m 1s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	08:57
Moonset:	22:21

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 374 887 km
232 944 mi
Houston ↔ Moon, nearest point: 368 834 km
229 183 mi
View angle: 0.531°

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: 9.3%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 2 Day, 22 hours, 3 minutes. (≈2.919 Day)

Moon illumination angle = -49°

Houston, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: 42.3°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 259.3°):

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Moonrise, moonset and phases in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-07-14	2026-07-15	2026-07-16	2026-07-17	2026-07-18
Day:	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
Moonrise:	06:34:00	07:48:00	08:57:00	10:03:00	11:05:00
Moonset:	21:03:00	21:45:00	22:21:00	22:53:00	23:23:00

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

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