Raleigh, United States Moonrise, Moonset, Moon illumination

Moonrise, moonset, moon position, illumination and phases in Raleigh (United States, North Carolina, Wake County). Current time: Wednesday, 2026-04-29, 20:55 (GMT-04:00) America/New_York . All times are shown in Raleigh 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 16h 28m 49s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	18:21
Moonset:	05:04

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 396 188 km
246 180 mi
Raleigh ↔ Moon, nearest point: 391 644 km
243 356 mi
View angle: 0.503°

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: 97.3%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 13 Day, 5 hours, 13 minutes. (≈13.218 Day)

Moon illumination angle = -12°

Raleigh, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: 25.7°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 128.4°):

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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:	16:21:00	17:22:00	18:21:00	19:22:00	20:22:00
Moonset:	04:15:00	04:40:00	05:04:00	05:29:00	05:57:00

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

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