Moon in Islamabad Today — Full Moon

Current lunar phase and 30-day moon calendar for Islamabad, Pakistan. Updated hourly.

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Islamabad, Pakistan2 mai 2026

Full Moon

97% illuminated · 16.5 days into cycle

Lunar Data for Islamabad — Today

Moonrise19:47
Moonset5:22
Phase🌕 Full Moon
Illumination97%
Moon Age16.5 days into lunar cycle
Distance404,679 km
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Next Full Moon

30 mai 2026

Flower Moon

in 28 days

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Next New Moon

15 mai 2026

in 13 days

Moon in Islamabad — Did You Know?

  • ·Islamabad's founding as Pakistan's planned capital in the 1960s did not erase the region's deep lunar heritage; Eid crescent sightings are announced from the Faisal Mosque — one of the world's largest — whose sail-like minarets frame the crescent moon on the first night of each new Islamic month.
  • ·Nestled at the foot of the Margalla Hills, Islamabad has a dramatic natural backdrop: on clear full-moon nights the forested ridgeline to the north is bathed in silver light, and the Rawal Lake reservoir nearby mirrors the moon across its still surface.
  • ·At 33.7°N, Islamabad's full moon reaches a maximum altitude of about 80° above the southern horizon in winter — noticeably lower than cities further south in Pakistan, giving the moon a more golden, atmospheric hue as it arcs across the sky.

30-Day Moon Phase Calendar — Islamabad

DatePhaseIllumination
Today🌕Full Moon97%
3 mai🌖Waning Gibbous92%
4 mai🌖Waning Gibbous85%
5 mai🌖Waning Gibbous76%
6 mai🌗Last Quarter67%
7 mai🌗Last Quarter57%
8 mai🌗Last Quarter46%
9 mai🌗Last Quarter35%
10 mai🌘Waning Crescent26%
11 mai🌘Waning Crescent17%
12 mai🌘Waning Crescent10%
13 mai🌘Waning Crescent4%
14 mai🌑New Moon1%
15 mai🌑New Moon0%
16 mai🌑New Moon1%
17 mai🌒Waxing Crescent4%
18 mai🌒Waxing Crescent10%
19 mai🌒Waxing Crescent17%
20 mai🌒Waxing Crescent26%
21 mai🌓First Quarter36%
22 mai🌓First Quarter46%
23 mai🌓First Quarter57%
24 mai🌓First Quarter67%
25 mai🌔Waxing Gibbous76%
26 mai🌔Waxing Gibbous85%
27 mai🌔Waxing Gibbous92%
28 mai🌕Full Moon97%
29 mai🌕Full Moon99%
30 mai🌕Full Moon100%
31 mai🌕Full Moon98%

Questions Fréquentes

Tonight the moon in Islamabad is in the Full Moon phase. It is 97% illuminated and 16.5 days into the current lunar cycle. Moon phases are the same worldwide — only the exact local clock time of moonrise and moonset differs by location.
The next full moon occurs on 30 mai 2026, which is 28 days from today. During a full moon the Moon is 100% illuminated as seen from Earth.
The next new moon occurs on 15 mai 2026, in 13 days. The new moon marks the start of a fresh 29.5-day lunar cycle and is not visible in the night sky.
A lunar (synodic) cycle lasts approximately 29 days, 12 hours, 44 minutes — or 29.53 days. It runs from one new moon to the next, passing through 8 distinct phases: New Moon, Waxing Crescent, First Quarter, Waxing Gibbous, Full Moon, Waning Gibbous, Last Quarter, and Waning Crescent.
No — the moon phase (the fraction of the Moon illuminated) is the same everywhere on Earth at any given moment. However, moonrise and moonset times, as well as the moon's altitude in the sky, vary by location. The moon also appears upside-down in the Southern Hemisphere compared to the Northern Hemisphere.
The moon rises at approximately 19:47 local time in Islamabad tonight. Moonrise shifts about 50 minutes later each night as the Moon moves eastward along its orbit, completing a full cycle roughly every 29.5 days.
The next full moon on 30 mai 2026 is known as the Flower Moon. These traditional names — originating with Native American tribes and later adopted in the Farmer's Almanac — each reflect a seasonal event or natural phenomenon of that month visible from the Northern Hemisphere.
No — the Moon is currently at approximately 404,679 km, a typical orbital distance. A supermoon occurs when a full moon coincides with the Moon being within roughly 360,000 km of Earth (near perigee). The Moon's distance varies between ~356,500 km (perigee) and ~406,700 km (apogee) over each ~27.3-day anomalistic month.
From Islamabad at 33.7°N latitude, the full moon's maximum altitude above the horizon varies by season. In the local hemisphere's winter — when the full moon is opposite a low winter sun — it can reach roughly 80° above the horizon. In summer it arcs lower, around 33°. This seasonal variation is the same reason the sun is high in summer and low in winter.
The Moon's phase is identical everywhere on Earth simultaneously. However, its orientation in the sky differs by hemisphere: in the Northern Hemisphere the waxing crescent curves to the left; in the Southern Hemisphere it curves to the right. From Islamabad at 33.7°N, the Moon arcs through the southern sky. Moonrise and moonset times also differ by longitude — a city 15° to the east sees the Moon rise roughly 1 hour earlier.

From the Blog

Data verified by Dr. Meera Iyer, Astrophysicist · Sources: Jean Meeus' Astronomical Algorithms · Methodology
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