Moonrise, Moonset & Phases in Göttingen

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Friday, 29 May 2026

🌔
Waxing Gibbous 9700.9% illumination

Current Moon Details for Göttingen, Germany

Moon Direction: 87.0° E

Moon Altitude: -31.78°

Moon Distance: 407,443 km


Next Moonrise: Today, 20:08

Next Moonset: N/A


Next New Moon: 15 Jun 2026, 04:54

Next Full Moon: 31 May 2026, 10:45

Moonrise, Moonset and Moon Phase Calendar in Göttingen, May 2026

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May Moon Moonrise/Moonset Meridian Passing
Moonrise Moonset Moonrise Time Distance (km) Illumination
1
🌕 at 19:23
 
05:13
(242° WSW)
21:05
(124° ESE)
00:37
(21.7°)
397,746 99.8%
2  
05:30
(234° SW)
22:19
(131° SE)
01:22
(17.1°)
400,599 99.4%
3  
05:52
(227° SW)
23:30
(136° SE)
02:09
(13.4°)
402,814 97.2%
4
-
06:22
(222° SW)
  02:58
(10.9°)
404,238 93.3%
5
00:33
(140° SE)
07:04
(220° SW)
  03:49
(9.7°)
404,703 87.9%
6
01:25
(140° SE)
07:59
(221° SW)
  04:41
(9.8°)
404,050 81.1%
7
02:04
(137° SE)
09:04
(225° SW)
  05:31
(11.4°)
402,157 73.2%
8
02:32
(131° SE)
10:17
(231° SW)
  06:21
(14.2°)
398,969 64.4%
9
🌗 at 23:10
02:54
(124° SE)
11:32
(238° WSW)
  07:08
(18.1°)
394,515 54.8%
10
03:10
(116° ESE)
12:49
(247° WSW)
  07:53
(23.1°)
388,934 44.8%
11
03:23
(107° ESE)
14:07
(257° WSW)
  08:38
(28.8°)
382,483 34.6%
12
03:35
(97° E)
15:26
(268° W)
  09:23
(35.1°)
375,545 24.9%
13
03:47
(87° E)
16:49
(279° W)
  10:09
(41.9°)
368,620 16.0%
14
04:01
(76° ENE)
18:15
(290° WNW)
  10:57
(48.6°)
362,287 8.5%
15
04:17
(66° ENE)
19:47
(301° WNW)
  11:50
(55.0°)
357,140 3.2%
16
🌑 at 22:00
04:38
(56° NE)
21:21
(310° NW)
  12:48
(60.4°)
353,703 0.4%
17
05:08
(48° NE)
22:52
(316° NW)
  13:52
(64.3°)
352,327 0.7%
18   -
05:54
(43° NE)
14:59
(66.0°)
353,111 4.0%
19  
00:07
(318° NW)
06:59
(42° NE)
16:05
(65.5°)
355,880 10.1%
20  
01:01
(315° NW)
08:20
(46° NE)
17:08
(62.8°)
360,242 18.3%
21  
01:38
(309° NW)
09:48
(54° NE)
18:06
(58.5°)
365,687 28.1%
22  
02:02
(301° WNW)
11:16
(63° ENE)
18:58
(53.1°)
371,693 38.7%
23
🌓 at 13:10
 
02:20
(291° WNW)
12:38
(73° ENE)
19:45
(47.1°)
377,800 49.6%
24  
02:33
(282° WNW)
13:57
(83° E)
20:29
(40.8°)
383,645 60.1%
25  
02:45
(272° W)
15:12
(93° E)
21:11
(34.6°)
388,977 69.9%
26  
02:56
(262° W)
16:26
(103° ESE)
21:53
(28.7°)
393,637 78.7%
27  
03:07
(253° WSW)
17:39
(112° ESE)
22:36
(23.2°)
397,546 86.1%
28  
03:20
(244° WSW)
18:53
(121° ESE)
23:20
(18.4°)
400,669 92.1%
29  
03:36
(236° SW)
20:08
(129° SE)
Does not pass meridian
(N/A)
N/A 96.4%
30  
03:56
(229° SW)
21:19
(135° SE)
00:06
(14.5°)
402,995 99.0%
31
🌕 at 10:45
 
04:24
(224° SW)
22:25
(139° SE)
00:54
(11.6°)
404,509 99.8%

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FAQ — The Moon Viewed from Göttingen

Common questions about this page — answers customized for the data shown above.

The current moon phase visible from Göttingen is 🌔 Waxing Gibbous, with the moon's illuminated fraction at 9700.9%. The moon is currently below horizon as seen from Göttingen.

The next moonrise visible from Göttingen is Today, 20:08 local time. Moonrise times shift later each night because the moon orbits Earth roughly every 27 days, lagging behind the sun by about 50 minutes per day.

From Göttingen, the moon currently sits at an altitude of -31.78° above the horizon, toward E. Altitude is measured in degrees above the horizon — 0° means at the horizon and 90° means directly overhead.

The moon is approximately 407,443 km from Göttingen at this moment. The Earth–moon distance ranges from about 356,500 km at perigee (closest) to about 406,700 km at apogee (farthest) during each lunar orbit.

A full moon occurs roughly every 29.5 days (one synodic month). The moonrise times and moon phase calendar above show upcoming full and new moons visible from Göttingen. The moon phase is the same for all viewers on Earth — only the local rise and set times differ by latitude and longitude.

Yes — every observer on Earth sees the same moon at the same phase at any given moment. What differs by location is the time the moon rises and sets, the direction it appears on the horizon, and (slightly) the orientation of the visible face due to the viewer's latitude. From Göttingen, the moon's rise and set times are calculated for the city's exact coordinates.

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