New Orleans, United States Moonrise, Moonset, Moon illumination

Moonrise, moonset, moon position, illumination and phases in New Orleans (United States, Louisiana, Orleans Parish). Current time: Thursday, 2026-04-30, 00:22 (GMT-05:00) America/Chicago . All times are shown in New Orleans local time. Minimal illumination of the moon today: 97.83%, Maximal illumination for this day: 99.76%. Next full moon will be at: 2026-05-01, 12:24; remaining time: 1d 12h 2m 1s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	18:59
Moonset:	05:24

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 396 884 km
246 613 mi
New Orleans ↔ Moon, nearest point: 390 472 km
242 628 mi
View angle: 0.502°

New Orleans on map:

New Orleans

Info

Local timezone:	GMT-05:00
Latitude:	29.95465°
Longitude:	-90.07507°
Country:	United States Louisiana
Population:	389 617

Moon phase, Moon illumination Today

Moon illumination 0-24h (Current: 97.9%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 13 Day, 9 hours, 22 minutes. (≈13.39 Day)

Moon illumination angle = -33°

New Orleans, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: 46.9°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 190.4°):

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Moonrise, moonset and phases in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-04-28	2026-04-29	2026-04-30	2026-05-01	2026-05-02
Day:	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
Moonrise:	17:06:00	18:02:00	18:59:00	19:57:00	20:54:00
Moonset:	04:27:00	04:55:00	05:24:00	05:55:00	06:29:00

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

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