Raleigh, United States Moonrise, Moonset, Moon illumination

Moonrise, moonset, moon position, illumination and phases in Raleigh (United States, North Carolina, Wake County). Current time: Tuesday, 2026-09-22, 00:10 (GMT-04:00) America/New_York . All times are shown in Raleigh local time. Minimal illumination of the moon today: 79.51%, Maximal illumination for this day: 86.87%. Next full moon will be at: 2026-09-26, 12:50; remaining time: 4d 12h 40m 11s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	17:11
Moonset:	02:46

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 401 179 km
249 281 mi
Raleigh ↔ Moon, nearest point: 396 834 km
246 582 mi
View angle: 0.496°

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: 79.6%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 10 Day, 8 hours, 33 minutes. (≈10.356 Day)

Moon illumination angle = -35°

Raleigh, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: 23.7°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 217.6°):

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Moonrise, moonset and phases in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-09-20	2026-09-21	2026-09-22	2026-09-23	2026-09-24
Day:	Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday
Moonrise:	16:02:00	16:39:00	17:11:00	17:39:00	18:05:00
Moonset:	00:45:00	01:45:00	02:46:00	03:48:00	04:50:00

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

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