South Boston, United States Moonrise, Moonset, Moon illumination

Moonrise, moonset, moon position, illumination and phases in South Boston (United States, Massachusetts, Suffolk County). Current time: Wednesday, 2026-05-20, 04:31 (GMT-04:00) America/New_York . All times are shown in South Boston 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: 11d 0h 14m 53s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	08:46
Moonset:	00:00

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 366 025 km
227 437 mi
South Boston ↔ Moon, nearest point: 366 545 km
227 760 mi
View angle: 0.544°

South Boston on map:

South Boston

Info

Local timezone:	GMT-04:00
Latitude:	42.33343°
Longitude:	-71.04949°
Country:	United States Massachusetts
Population:	571 281

Moon phase, Moon illumination Today

Moon illumination 0-24h (Current: 17.6%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 4 Day, 1 hours, 40 minutes. (≈4.07 Day)

Moon illumination angle = 16°

South Boston, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: -21.2°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 5.2°):

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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:	06:21:00	07:30:00	08:46:00	10:05:00	11:21:00
Moonset:	22:55:00	23:51:00	00:00:00	00:33:00	01:06:00

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

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