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: Monday, 2026-09-21, 23:00 (GMT-04:00) America/New_York . All times are shown in Jersey City local time. Minimal illumination of the moon today: 71.18%, Maximal illumination for this day: 79.51%. Next full moon will be at: 2026-09-26, 12:50; remaining time: 4d 13h 49m 25s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	16:34
Moonset:	01:09

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 401 314 km
249 365 mi
Jersey City ↔ Moon, nearest point: 396 908 km
246 627 mi
View angle: 0.496°

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: 79.2%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 10 Day, 7 hours, 29 minutes. (≈10.312 Day)

Moon illumination angle = -31°

Jersey City, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: 24.3°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 205.1°):

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Moonrise, moonset and phases in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-09-19	2026-09-20	2026-09-21	2026-09-22	2026-09-23
Day:	Saturday	Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday
Moonrise:	15:21:00	16:01:00	16:34:00	17:03:00	17:28:00
Moonset:	00:00:00	00:07:00	01:09:00	02:13:00	03:19:00

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

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