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Diego Garcia, British Indian Ocean Territory — Moonrise, Moonset, and Moon Phases, January 2026

Moon: 16.8%
Waxing Crescent
Current Time: Nov 13, 2026 at 9:32:59 pm
Moon Direction: ↑ 244° Southwest
Moon Altitude: 13.3°
Moon Distance: 252,041 mi
Next Full Moon: Nov 24, 2026, 8:53 pm
Next New Moon: Dec 9, 2026, 6:51 am
Next Moonset: Today, 10:37 pm

Moonrise, Moonset, and Phase Calendar for Diego Garcia, January 2026

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2026 Moonrise/Moonset Meridian Passing
Jan Moonrise Moonset Moonrise Time Distance (mi) Illumination
1 - 4:24 am ↑ (296°) 5:29 pm ↑ (62°) 11:29 pm (54.2°) 223,926 95.6%
2 - 5:28 am ↑ (298°) 6:36 pm ↑ (61°) Moon does not pass the meridian on this day.
3 - 6:35 am ↑ (298°) 7:41 pm ↑ (63°) 12:36 am (54.1°) 224,313 99.2%
4 - 7:41 am ↑ (295°) 8:40 pm ↑ (67°) 1:41 am (56.1°) 225,856 99.6%
5 - 8:43 am ↑ (291°) 9:33 pm ↑ (72°) 2:41 am (60.1°) 228,429 97.0%
6 - 9:39 am ↑ (286°) 10:20 pm ↑ (77°) 3:36 am (65.4°) 231,778 91.8%
7 - 10:31 am ↑ (280°) 11:03 pm ↑ (84°) 4:25 am (71.4°) 235,579 84.5%
8 - 11:19 am ↑ (273°) 11:43 pm ↑ (90°) 5:10 am (77.8°) 239,486 75.8%
9 - 12:04 pm ↑ (267°) - 5:53 am (84.1°) 243,184 66.2%
10 12:21 am ↑ (96°) 12:49 pm ↑ (261°) - 6:34 am (89.8°) 246,409 56.3%
11 12:59 am ↑ (102°) 1:33 pm ↑ (255°) - 7:15 am (84.1°) 248,971 46.3%
12 1:39 am ↑ (107°) 2:19 pm ↑ (251°) - 7:58 am (79.0°) 250,757 36.7%
13 2:20 am ↑ (111°) 3:07 pm ↑ (247°) - 8:43 am (74.8°) 251,725 27.6%
14 3:05 am ↑ (115°) 3:57 pm ↑ (244°) - 9:30 am (71.5°) 251,901 19.4%
15 3:52 am ↑ (117°) 4:49 pm ↑ (242°) - 10:20 am (69.4°) 251,363 12.3%
16 4:43 am ↑ (118°) 5:41 pm ↑ (242°) - 11:12 am (68.7°) 250,231 6.6%
17 5:36 am ↑ (118°) 6:33 pm ↑ (243°) - 12:05 pm (69.4°) 248,648 2.6%
18 6:30 am ↑ (116°) 7:23 pm ↑ (245°) - 12:57 pm (71.6°) 246,758 0.4%
19 7:23 am ↑ (113°) 8:11 pm ↑ (249°) - 1:47 pm (75.2°) 244,694 0.3%
20 8:14 am ↑ (109°) 8:55 pm ↑ (254°) - 2:35 pm (79.9°) 242,556 2.4%
21 9:04 am ↑ (103°) 9:38 pm ↑ (260°) - 3:21 pm (85.6°) 240,411 6.7%
22 9:52 am ↑ (97°) 10:19 pm ↑ (266°) - 4:06 pm (88.2°) 238,294 13.2%
23 10:40 am ↑ (91°) 11:00 pm ↑ (273°) - 4:51 pm (81.6°) 236,219 21.5%
24 11:28 am ↑ (84°) 11:42 pm ↑ (279°) - 5:36 pm (74.9°) 234,200 31.4%
25 12:19 pm ↑ (78°) - - 6:24 pm (68.5°) 232,267 42.5%
26 - 12:28 am ↑ (285°) 1:13 pm ↑ (72°) 7:16 pm (62.7°) 230,488 54.1%
27 - 1:17 am ↑ (291°) 2:11 pm ↑ (67°) 8:12 pm (58.0°) 228,972 65.8%
28 - 2:12 am ↑ (295°) 3:13 pm ↑ (63°) 9:13 pm (54.9°) 227,873 76.7%
29 - 3:12 am ↑ (298°) 4:18 pm ↑ (61°) 10:17 pm (53.8°) 227,360 86.2%
30 - 4:16 am ↑ (299°) 5:22 pm ↑ (62°) 11:22 pm (54.8°) 227,585 93.5%
31 - 5:21 am ↑ (297°) 6:23 pm ↑ (65°) Moon does not pass the meridian on this day.
* All times are local time for Diego Garcia. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar. Illumination is calculated at lunar noon.

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