Houston, United States Moonrise, Moonset, Moon illumination

Moonrise, moonset, moon position, illumination and phases in Houston (United States, Texas, Harris County). Current time: Thursday, 2026-08-27, 03:28 (GMT-05:00) America/Chicago . All times are shown in Houston local time. Minimal illumination of the moon today: 99.01%, Maximal illumination for this day: 100%. Next full moon will be at: 2026-08-27, 23:19; remaining time: 0d 19h 51m 30s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	19:40
Moonset:	06:20

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 395 113 km
245 512 mi
Houston ↔ Moon, nearest point: 390 064 km
242 375 mi
View angle: 0.504°

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: 99.3%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 13 Day, 23 hours, 12 minutes. (≈13.966 Day)

Moon illumination angle = -23°

Houston, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: 30.9°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 228.3°):

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Moonrise, moonset and phases in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-08-25	2026-08-26	2026-08-27	2026-08-28	2026-08-29
Day:	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
Moonrise:	18:35:00	19:09:00	19:40:00	20:09:00	20:38:00
Moonset:	04:22:00	05:22:00	06:20:00	07:19:00	08:17:00

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

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