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, 2026-07-16, 20:03 (GMT-04:00) America/New_York . All times are shown in Raleigh local time. Minimal illumination of the moon today: 4.45%, Maximal illumination for this day: 10.47%. Next full moon will be at: 2026-07-29, 10:37; remaining time: 12d 14h 33m 59s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	08:38
Moonset:	22:19

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 374 887 km
232 944 mi
Raleigh ↔ Moon, nearest point: 370 161 km
230 007 mi
View angle: 0.531°

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: 9.3%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 2 Day, 22 hours, 3 minutes. (≈2.919 Day)

Moon illumination angle = -41°

Raleigh, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: 27.5°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 265.6°):

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Moonrise, moonset and phases in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-07-14	2026-07-15	2026-07-16	2026-07-17	2026-07-18
Day:	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
Moonrise:	06:07:00	07:24:00	08:38:00	09:48:00	10:54:00
Moonset:	21:08:00	21:47:00	22:19:00	22:47:00	23:13:00

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

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