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

Moon: 16.8%
Waxing Crescent
Current Time: Nov 13, 2026 at 9:30:15 pm
Moon Direction: ↑ 244° Southwest
Moon Altitude: 13.8°
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, August 2026

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2026 Moonrise/Moonset Meridian Passing
Aug Moonrise Moonset Moonrise Time Distance (mi) Illumination
1 - 9:11 am ↑ (262°) 9:27 pm ↑ (95°) 2:57 am (87.8°) 244,054 95.0%
2 - 9:51 am ↑ (268°) 10:13 pm ↑ (89°) 3:40 am (86.0°) 241,848 89.4%
3 - 10:31 am ↑ (275°) 11:01 pm ↑ (82°) 4:23 am (79.7°) 239,516 82.0%
4 - 11:13 am ↑ (281°) 11:51 pm ↑ (76°) 5:08 am (73.3°) 237,085 72.8%
5 - 11:58 am ↑ (287°) - 5:55 am (67.2°) 234,599 62.3%
6 12:44 am ↑ (71°) 12:47 pm ↑ (292°) - 6:46 am (61.8°) 232,140 50.9%
7 1:42 am ↑ (66°) 1:42 pm ↑ (296°) - 7:43 am (57.5°) 229,835 39.1%
8 2:44 am ↑ (63°) 2:43 pm ↑ (298°) - 8:44 am (54.8°) 227,864 27.7%
9 3:49 am ↑ (62°) 3:48 pm ↑ (298°) - 9:48 am (54.0°) 226,438 17.4%
10 4:54 am ↑ (63°) 4:53 pm ↑ (296°) - 10:53 am (55.5°) 225,765 9.0%
11 5:55 am ↑ (66°) 5:57 pm ↑ (292°) - 11:55 am (59.0°) 226,000 3.2%
12 6:50 am ↑ (70°) 6:57 pm ↑ (287°) - 12:53 pm (64.1°) 227,206 0.3%
13 7:41 am ↑ (76°) 7:52 pm ↑ (281°) - 1:46 pm (70.3°) 229,327 0.5%
14 8:27 am ↑ (83°) 8:44 pm ↑ (274°) - 2:34 pm (77.0°) 232,199 3.5%
15 9:10 am ↑ (89°) 9:33 pm ↑ (267°) - 3:21 pm (83.7°) 235,575 8.9%
16 9:52 am ↑ (96°) 10:21 pm ↑ (261°) - 4:05 pm (89.8°) 239,162 16.3%
17 10:33 am ↑ (102°) 11:09 pm ↑ (255°) - 4:50 pm (83.8°) 242,662 24.9%
18 11:15 am ↑ (107°) 11:57 pm ↑ (250°) - 5:35 pm (78.6°) 245,802 34.4%
19 11:59 am ↑ (112°) - - 6:22 pm (74.3°) 248,365 44.3%
20 - 12:47 am ↑ (246°) 12:45 pm ↑ (115°) 7:11 pm (71.2°) 250,196 54.3%
21 - 1:38 am ↑ (243°) 1:33 pm ↑ (118°) 8:01 pm (69.4°) 251,213 64.0%
22 - 2:30 am ↑ (242°) 2:24 pm ↑ (118°) 8:53 pm (68.9°) 251,405 73.1%
23 - 3:21 am ↑ (242°) 3:16 pm ↑ (118°) 9:44 pm (69.8°) 250,829 81.3%
24 - 4:11 am ↑ (243°) 4:08 pm ↑ (116°) 10:34 pm (72.1°) 249,592 88.4%
25 - 5:00 am ↑ (246°) 4:59 pm ↑ (113°) 11:23 pm (75.7°) 247,843 94.0%
26 - 5:45 am ↑ (250°) 5:48 pm ↑ (108°) Moon does not pass the meridian on this day.
27 - 6:28 am ↑ (254°) 6:36 pm ↑ (103°) 12:09 am (80.3°) 245,746 97.9%
28 - 7:10 am ↑ (260°) 7:23 pm ↑ (97°) 12:54 am (85.7°) 243,466 99.8%
29 - 7:50 am ↑ (266°) 8:10 pm ↑ (91°) 1:38 am (88.2°) 241,146 99.6%
30 - 8:30 am ↑ (272°) 8:58 pm ↑ (84°) 2:21 am (81.8°) 238,900 96.9%
31 - 9:12 am ↑ (279°) 9:48 pm ↑ (78°) 3:06 am (75.2°) 236,804 92.0%
* 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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