Washington, D.C., United States Moonrise, Moonset, Moon illumination

Moonrise, moonset, moon position, illumination and phases in Washington, D.C. (United States, Washington County). Current time: Thursday, 2026-08-06, 14:56 (GMT-04:00) America/New_York . All times are shown in Washington, D.C. local time. Minimal illumination of the moon today: 37.95%, Maximal illumination for this day: 49.21%. Next full moon will be at: 2026-08-28, 00:19; remaining time: 21d 9h 23m 29s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	00:00
Moonset:	14:46

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 366 136 km
227 507 mi
Washington, D.C. ↔ Moon, nearest point: 364 340 km
226 391 mi
View angle: 0.544°

Washington, D.C. on map:

Washington, D.C.

Info

Local timezone:	GMT-04:00
Latitude:	38.89511°
Longitude:	-77.03637°
Country:	United States
Population:	601 723

Moon phase, Moon illumination Today

Moon illumination 0-24h (Current: 42.2%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 22 Day, 21 hours, 15 minutes. (≈22.886 Day)

Moon illumination angle = 134°

Washington, D.C., Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: 0°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 301.3°):

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Moonrise, moonset and phases in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-08-04	2026-08-05	2026-08-06	2026-08-07	2026-08-08
Day:	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
Moonrise:	23:07:00	23:40:00	00:00:00	00:19:00	01:10:00
Moonset:	12:22:00	13:33:00	14:46:00	16:01:00	17:11:00

Washington, D.C. moonrise, moonset and phase informations for whole month (or Year 2026):

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