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: Wednesday, 2026-05-20, 06:12 (GMT-04:00) America/New_York . All times are shown in Jersey City local time. Minimal illumination of the moon today: 15.92%, Maximal illumination for this day: 25.4%. Next full moon will be at: 2026-05-31, 04:46; remaining time: 10d 22h 34m 13s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	09:06
Moonset:	00:00

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 366 202 km
227 547 mi
Jersey City ↔ Moon, nearest point: 366 469 km
227 713 mi
View angle: 0.544°

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: 18.2%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 4 Day, 3 hours, 33 minutes. (≈4.148 Day)

Moon illumination angle = 30°

Jersey City, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: -18.8°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 25°):

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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:	06:41:00	07:50:00	09:06:00	10:23:00	11:38:00
Moonset:	23:00:00	23:57:00	00:00:00	00:40:00	01:14:00

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

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