Jersey City, United States Moonrise, Moonset, Moon illumination

Moonrise, moonset, moon position, illumination and phases in Jersey City (United States, New Jersey, Hudson County). Current time: Thursday, 2026-10-22, 21:50 (GMT-04:00) America/New_York . All times are shown in Jersey City local time. Minimal illumination of the moon today: 81.74%, Maximal illumination for this day: 89.09%. Next full moon will be at: 2026-10-26, 00:13; remaining time: 3d 2h 22m 26s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	16:13
Moonset:	03:13

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 388 117 km
241 165 mi
Jersey City ↔ Moon, nearest point: 381 673 km
237 160 mi
View angle: 0.513°

Jersey City on map:

Jersey City

Info

Local timezone:	GMT-04:00
Latitude:	40.72816°
Longitude:	-74.07764°
Country:	United States New Jersey
Population:	264 290

Moon phase, Moon illumination Today

Moon illumination 0-24h (Current: 88.5%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 11 Day, 12 hours, 16 minutes. (≈11.511 Day)

Moon illumination angle = -39°

Jersey City, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: 47.3°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 172.5°):

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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:	15:29:00	15:52:00	16:13:00	16:36:00	16:59:00
Moonset:	01:03:00	02:07:00	03:13:00	04:19:00	05:28:00

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

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