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Palo Alto, California, USA — Moonrise, Moonset, and Moon Phases, September 2026

Moon: 88.5%
Waning Gibbous
Current Time: Feb 4, 2026 at 6:04:06 pm
Moon Direction: 61° Northeast
Moon Altitude: -32.5°
Moon Distance: 240,150 mi
Next New Moon: Feb 17, 2026, 4:01 am
Next Full Moon: Mar 3, 2026, 3:37 am
Next Moonrise: Today, 8:57 pm

Moonrise, Moonset, and Phase Calendar for Palo Alto, September 2026

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2026 Moonrise/Moonset Meridian Passing
Sep Moonrise Moonset Moonrise Time Distance (mi) Illumination
1 - 11:30 am (293°) 9:50 pm (64°) 4:18 am (68.7°) 233,955 80.2%
2 - 12:42 pm (299°) 10:29 pm (59°) 5:10 am (73.9°) 232,375 70.2%
3 - 1:54 pm (304°) 11:17 pm (55°) 6:07 am (77.8°) 231,024 59.0%
4 - 3:03 pm (306°) - 7:08 am (80.1°) 229,933 47.1%
5 12:15 am (54°) 4:04 pm (306°) - 8:11 am (80.4°) 229,173 35.3%
6 1:23 am (55°) 4:56 pm (302°) - 9:14 am (78.6°) 228,834 24.2%
7 2:37 am (59°) 5:39 pm (297°) - 10:13 am (74.9°) 229,017 14.7%
8 3:52 am (66°) 6:13 pm (290°) - 11:09 am (69.8°) 229,803 7.2%
9 5:05 am (73°) 6:43 pm (282°) - 12:00 pm (63.7°) 231,239 2.3%
10 6:15 am (81°) 7:10 pm (274°) - 12:48 pm (57.1°) 233,295 0.1%
11 7:23 am (90°) 7:35 pm (266°) - 1:34 pm (50.4°) 235,868 0.7%
12 8:29 am (98°) 8:00 pm (258°) - 2:19 pm (43.9°) 238,795 3.7%
13 9:34 am (106°) 8:26 pm (251°) - 3:04 pm (38.0°) 241,854 8.8%
14 10:39 am (113°) 8:55 pm (245°) - 3:50 pm (32.9°) 244,799 15.7%
15 11:42 am (119°) 9:28 pm (239°) - 4:38 pm (28.7°) 247,390 23.8%
16 12:45 pm (123°) 10:07 pm (236°) - 5:28 pm (25.7°) 249,416 32.9%
17 1:44 pm (126°) 10:52 pm (234°) - 6:19 pm (24.0°) 250,710 42.5%
18 2:38 pm (126°) 11:43 pm (234°) - 7:10 pm (23.8°) 251,171 52.3%
19 3:25 pm (125°) - - 8:01 pm (24.9°) 250,770 62.0%
20 - 12:40 am (236°) 4:06 pm (122°) 8:51 pm (27.3°) 249,552 71.3%
21 - 1:40 am (239°) 4:41 pm (118°) 9:39 pm (30.9°) 247,628 79.9%
22 - 2:43 am (244°) 5:11 pm (112°) 10:25 pm (35.6°) 245,170 87.4%
23 - 3:46 am (251°) 5:38 pm (105°) 11:09 pm (41.1°) 242,381 93.4%
24 - 4:50 am (258°) 6:03 pm (98°) 11:54 pm (47.2°) 239,493 97.7%
25 - 5:54 am (266°) 6:27 pm (90°) Moon does not pass the meridian on this day.
26 - 6:59 am (274°) 6:52 pm (82°) 12:38 am (53.7°) 236,724 99.8%
27 - 8:07 am (282°) 7:20 pm (74°) 1:24 am (60.3°) 234,273 99.4%
28 - 9:17 am (290°) 7:51 pm (67°) 2:13 am (66.6°) 232,274 96.4%
29 - 10:30 am (297°) 8:28 pm (60°) 3:05 am (72.2°) 230,816 90.8%
30 - 11:44 am (303°) 9:14 pm (56°) 4:02 am (76.6°) 229,911 82.8%
* All times are local time for Palo Alto. Time is adjusted for DST when applicable. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar. Illumination is calculated at lunar noon.

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