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, 2026-10-22, 21:36 (GMT-04:00) America/New_York . All times are shown in Raleigh local time. Minimal illumination of the moon today: 81.74%, Maximal illumination for this day: 89.09%. Next full moon will be at: 2026-10-26, 00:13; remaining time: 3d 2h 36m 13s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	16:30
Moonset:	03:36

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 388 163 km
241 193 mi
Raleigh ↔ Moon, nearest point: 381 485 km
237 044 mi
View angle: 0.513°

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: 88.4%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 11 Day, 12 hours, 2 minutes. (≈11.502 Day)

Moon illumination angle = -38°

Raleigh, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: 50.6°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 159.3°):

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Moonrise, moonset and phases in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-10-20	2026-10-21	2026-10-22	2026-10-23	2026-10-24
Day:	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
Moonrise:	15:38:00	16:04:00	16:30:00	16:56:00	17:23:00
Moonset:	01:33:00	02:34:00	03:36:00	04:39:00	05:44:00

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

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