Raleigh, United States Moonrise, Moonset, Moon illumination

Moonrise, moonset, moon position, illumination and phases in Raleigh (United States, North Carolina, Wake County). Current time: Wednesday, 2026-05-20, 13:25 (GMT-04:00) America/New_York . All times are shown in Raleigh local time. Minimal illumination of the moon today: 15.92%, Maximal illumination for this day: 25.4%. Next full moon will be at: 2026-05-31, 04:46; remaining time: 10d 15h 21m 36s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	09:42
Moonset:	00:00

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 367 020 km
228 056 mi
Raleigh ↔ Moon, nearest point: 360 940 km
224 277 mi
View angle: 0.543°

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: 21.1%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 4 Day, 11 hours, 33 minutes. (≈4.481 Day)

Moon illumination angle = 32°

Raleigh, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: 42.6°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 87.1°):

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Moonrise, moonset and phases in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-05-18	2026-05-19	2026-05-20	2026-05-21	2026-05-22
Day:	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Moonrise:	07:20:00	08:28:00	09:42:00	10:55:00	12:06:00
Moonset:	23:00:00	23:58:00	00:00:00	00:44:00	01:22:00

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

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