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, 2026-04-29, 23:10 (GMT-04:00) America/New_York . All times are shown in Jersey City local time. Minimal illumination of the moon today: 93.79%, Maximal illumination for this day: 97.71%. Next full moon will be at: 2026-05-01, 13:24; remaining time: 1d 14h 13m 55s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	18:09
Moonset:	04:41

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 396 543 km
246 400 mi
Jersey City ↔ Moon, nearest point: 390 977 km
242 942 mi
View angle: 0.502°

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: 97.6%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 13 Day, 7 hours, 19 minutes. (≈13.305 Day)

Moon illumination angle = -23°

Jersey City, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: 36.6°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 169.3°):

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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:	16:01:00	17:05:00	18:09:00	19:13:00	20:17:00
Moonset:	04:00:00	04:20:00	04:41:00	05:03:00	05:27:00

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

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