Moonrise/Moonset Lookup
Moonrise and moonset times for your location, computed locally from your device's geolocation.
Runs entirely in your browser — MoonCadence never sends your date, location, or device data anywhere to compute this.
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This tool computes moonrise and moonset times for your specific location, using your device's geolocation (with your permission) combined with the same real astronomical calculation this site uses everywhere else — moonrise and moonset are genuinely location-dependent, unlike a full moon's exact date/time (which is the same single global instant everywhere), so a general "today's moonrise time" without a location attached wouldn't actually be accurate for you.
Moonrise and moonset times shift by roughly 30-70 minutes later each day on average (the exact gap varies through the month, and shrinks notably around the Harvest Moon — see our moon-names page on that effect), which is why this tool computes fresh for your exact date and location rather than relying on a fixed daily approximation.
Knowing your exact moonrise time is especially useful for photography (planning a shot of the Moon rising against a specific foreground, timed precisely — see our moon-photography guide for camera settings once you know when to be there) and for casual viewing of a Full Moon at its most dramatic, when it's low on the horizon right around moonrise and often takes on a warm amber color from atmospheric scattering.
As with every tool on this site, the calculation runs entirely in your browser — your location is used locally to compute the result and isn't sent to any server, consistent with this site's zero-runtime-API, privacy-respecting approach to every interactive feature.
If you'd rather not share your device's location, this tool also accepts a manually entered latitude/longitude or city name once its interactive form loads — location-based accuracy without requiring the browser's geolocation permission if you'd prefer to type coordinates in directly.
Moonrise and moonset are computed from the same true geocentric lunar position this site uses for every other calculation, adjusted for your specific latitude, longitude, and local horizon — a genuinely different (and more involved) computation than phase or illumination, which are the same for every observer on Earth at a given moment regardless of location.
The calculation accounts for your specific latitude, longitude, and local horizon, which is why two people in different cities on the same date can see genuinely different moonrise times even within the same general timezone — a real geographic effect, not a rounding artifact.
Atmospheric refraction near the horizon can shift the Moon's apparent rise and set time by a couple of minutes from the pure geometric calculation, a small correction this site's underlying astronomy library accounts for the same way professional almanacs do.
As with every tool here, there's no account, download, or payment required — just real-time computation run locally in your browser the moment you load the page.
Saving this page for repeat use is worth doing if you check moonrise or moonset regularly, since your location can be reused each time rather than re-entered.
Frequently Asked Questions
Why does this tool need my location when other tools on this site don't?
The swing is genuinely large — on the same calendar date, moonrise can happen in the middle of the afternoon in one city and not until after dark a few hundred kilometers away, purely from latitude and longitude differences, which is why a single 'today's moonrise' number without a location attached would just be wrong for most readers.
Is my location sent to a server to compute this?
No — the calculation runs entirely in your browser using your device's geolocation locally; nothing about your location is transmitted anywhere to compute the result.