Raleigh, United States Moonrise, Moonset, Moon illumination

Moonrise, moonset, moon position, illumination and phases in Raleigh (United States, North Carolina, Wake County). Current time: Thursday, 2026-08-06, 14:56 (GMT-04:00) America/New_York . All times are shown in Raleigh local time. Minimal illumination of the moon today: 37.95%, Maximal illumination for this day: 49.21%. Next full moon will be at: 2026-08-28, 00:19; remaining time: 21d 9h 23m 31s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	00:00
Moonset:	14:44

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 366 136 km
227 507 mi
Raleigh ↔ Moon, nearest point: 364 397 km
226 426 mi
View angle: 0.544°

Raleigh on map:

Raleigh

Info

Local timezone:	GMT-04:00
Latitude:	35.7721°
Longitude:	-78.63861°
Country:	United States North Carolina
Population:	451 066

Moon phase, Moon illumination Today

Moon illumination 0-24h (Current: 42.2%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 22 Day, 21 hours, 15 minutes. (≈22.885 Day)

Moon illumination angle = 130°

Raleigh, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: -0.5°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 300.4°):

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Moonrise, moonset and phases in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-08-04	2026-08-05	2026-08-06	2026-08-07	2026-08-08
Day:	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
Moonrise:	23:20:00	23:54:00	00:00:00	00:36:00	01:28:00
Moonset:	12:23:00	13:32:00	14:44:00	15:56:00	17:05:00

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

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