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Moonrise, Moonset & Phases in Sydney Central Business District, Australia

🌒 Waxing Crescent

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17:18:14 AEST
Thursday, 21 May 2026

Current Time (Local): 17:18:14

Moon Phase: Above horizon

Illumination: 2696.0%

Moon Direction: 344.49° NNW

Moon Altitude: 31.57°

Moon Distance: 365,827 km


Next Moonrise: Tomorrow, 11:56

Next Moonset: N/A


Next New Moon: 15 Jun 2026, 12:54

Next Full Moon: 31 May 2026, 18:45

Moonrise, Moonset and Moon Phase Calendar in Sydney Central Business District, May 2026

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May Moon Moonrise/Moonset Meridian Passing
Moonrise Moonset Moonrise Time Distance (km) Illumination
1  
05:48
(252° WSW)
16:39
(111° ESE)
23:39
(74.8°)
395,500 99.5%
2
🌕 at 03:23
 
06:47
(246° WSW)
17:11
(116° ESE)
Does not pass meridian
(N/A)
N/A 99.7%
3  
07:47
(241° WSW)
17:47
(120° ESE)
00:25
(78.9°)
397,449 98.1%
4  
08:46
(238° WSW)
18:30
(123° ESE)
01:14
(82.0°)
398,824 94.8%
5  
09:41
(236° SW)
19:18
(124° SE)
02:04
(83.7°)
399,472 89.9%
6  
10:33
(236° SW)
20:11
(124° ESE)
02:56
(84.1°)
399,228 83.5%
7  
11:18
(238° WSW)
21:09
(121° ESE)
03:47
(83.1°)
397,955 76.0%
8  
11:58
(241° WSW)
22:08
(117° ESE)
04:36
(80.7°)
395,566 67.4%
9  
12:32
(246° WSW)
23:09
(112° ESE)
05:24
(77.1°)
392,052 58.0%
10
🌗 at 07:10
-
13:03
(252° WSW)
  06:11
(72.5°)
387,501 48.1%
11
00:10
(105° ESE)
13:32
(259° WSW)
  06:56
(67.0°)
382,111 38.0%
12
01:12
(98° E)
13:59
(266° W)
  07:40
(60.8°)
376,196 28.1%
13
02:15
(90° E)
14:26
(274° W)
  08:25
(54.1°)
370,178 18.8%
14
03:21
(82° E)
14:56
(282° WNW)
  09:13
(47.3°)
364,558 10.8%
15
04:31
(74° ENE)
15:29
(290° WNW)
  10:04
(40.7°)
359,866 4.7%
16
05:44
(66° ENE)
16:08
(297° WNW)
  11:00
(34.9°)
356,576 1.0%
17
🌑 at 06:00
07:01
(60° ENE)
16:56
(302° WNW)
  12:01
(30.3°)
355,027 0.3%
18
08:18
(56° NE)
17:54
(305° NW)
  13:07
(27.7°)
355,346 2.6%
19
09:28
(55° NE)
19:02
(304° NW)
  14:14
(27.4°)
357,422 7.8%
20
10:28
(57° ENE)
20:14
(302° WNW)
  15:19
(29.3°)
360,945 15.4%
21
11:17
(61° ENE)
21:27
(296° WNW)
  16:19
(33.0°)
365,486 24.7%
22
11:56
(67° ENE)
22:37
(290° WNW)
  17:13
(38.0°)
370,587 35.1%
23
🌓 at 21:10
12:29
(74° ENE)
23:43
(283° WNW)
  18:02
(43.9°)
375,832 46.0%
24   -
12:57
(81° E)
18:47
(50.1°)
380,885 56.7%
25  
00:45
(275° W)
13:23
(89° E)
19:30
(56.4°)
385,508 66.8%
26  
01:45
(268° W)
13:49
(96° E)
20:12
(62.5°)
389,553 75.9%
27  
02:43
(260° W)
14:14
(103° ESE)
20:54
(68.2°)
392,951 83.8%
28  
03:42
(254° WSW)
14:42
(109° ESE)
21:37
(73.3°)
395,682 90.3%
29  
04:41
(248° WSW)
15:12
(115° ESE)
22:22
(77.7°)
397,751 95.2%
30  
05:40
(242° WSW)
15:47
(119° ESE)
23:10
(81.1°)
399,164 98.3%
31
🌕 at 18:45
 
06:39
(239° WSW)
16:28
(122° ESE)
Does not pass meridian
(N/A)
N/A 99.7%
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