Raleigh, United States Moonrise, Moonset, Moon illumination

Moonrise, moonset, moon position, illumination and phases in Raleigh (United States, North Carolina, Wake County). Current time: Friday, 2026-10-23, 03:09 (GMT-04:00) America/New_York . All times are shown in Raleigh local time. Minimal illumination of the moon today: 89.09%, Maximal illumination for this day: 94.88%. Next full moon will be at: 2026-10-26, 00:13; remaining time: 2d 21h 3m 19s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	16:56
Moonset:	04:39

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 387 047 km
240 500 mi
Raleigh ↔ Moon, nearest point: 383 334 km
238 192 mi
View angle: 0.515°

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: 90%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 11 Day, 17 hours, 36 minutes. (≈11.733 Day)

Moon illumination angle = -25°

Raleigh, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: 17.6°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 256.3°):

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Moonrise, moonset and phases in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-10-21	2026-10-22	2026-10-23	2026-10-24	2026-10-25
Day:	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Moonrise:	16:04:00	16:30:00	16:56:00	17:23:00	17:54:00
Moonset:	02:34:00	03:36:00	04:39:00	05:44:00	06:52:00

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

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