Houston, United States Moonrise, Moonset, Moon illumination

Moonrise, moonset, moon position, illumination and phases in Houston (United States, Texas, Harris County). Current time: Wednesday, 2026-04-29, 19:55 (GMT-05:00) America/Chicago . All times are shown in Houston local time. Minimal illumination of the moon today: 93.99%, Maximal illumination for this day: 97.83%. Next full moon will be at: 2026-05-01, 12:24; remaining time: 1d 16h 28m 49s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	18:24
Moonset:	05:17

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 396 188 km
246 180 mi
Houston ↔ Moon, nearest point: 392 562 km
243 927 mi
View angle: 0.503°

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: 97.3%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 13 Day, 5 hours, 13 minutes. (≈13.218 Day)

Moon illumination angle = -5°

Houston, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: 16.8°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 114.5°):

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Moonrise, moonset and phases in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-04-27	2026-04-28	2026-04-29	2026-04-30	2026-05-01
Day:	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Moonrise:	16:31:00	17:28:00	18:24:00	19:21:00	20:18:00
Moonset:	04:21:00	04:49:00	05:17:00	05:46:00	06:16:00

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

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