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, 2026-08-27, 04:28 (GMT-04:00) America/New_York . All times are shown in Raleigh local time. Minimal illumination of the moon today: 98.92%, Maximal illumination for this day: 100%. Next full moon will be at: 2026-08-28, 00:19; remaining time: 0d 19h 51m 29s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	19:38
Moonset:	06:02

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 395 113 km
245 512 mi
Raleigh ↔ Moon, nearest point: 391 566 km
243 308 mi
View angle: 0.504°

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: 99.3%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 13 Day, 23 hours, 12 minutes. (≈13.966 Day)

Moon illumination angle = -13°

Raleigh, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: 16.1°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 239°):

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Moonrise, moonset and phases in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-08-25	2026-08-26	2026-08-27	2026-08-28	2026-08-29
Day:	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
Moonrise:	18:40:00	19:11:00	19:38:00	20:03:00	20:28:00
Moonset:	03:58:00	05:00:00	06:02:00	07:04:00	08:07:00

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

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