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, 2026-04-29, 20:56 (GMT-04:00) America/New_York . All times are shown in South Boston local time. Minimal illumination of the moon today: 93.79%, Maximal illumination for this day: 97.71%. Next full moon will be at: 2026-05-01, 13:24; remaining time: 1d 16h 28m 22s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	17:59
Moonset:	04:27

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 396 189 km
246 181 mi
South Boston ↔ Moon, nearest point: 391 654 km
243 363 mi
View angle: 0.503°

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: 97.3%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 13 Day, 5 hours, 14 minutes. (≈13.218 Day)

Moon illumination angle = -13°

South Boston, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: 25.6°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 137.6°):

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Moonrise, moonset and phases in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-04-27	2026-04-28	2026-04-29	2026-04-30	2026-05-01
Day:	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Moonrise:	15:48:00	16:54:00	17:59:00	19:04:00	20:09:00
Moonset:	03:48:00	04:07:00	04:27:00	04:47:00	05:10:00

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

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