Moonrise, Moonset & Moon Phase in Brisbane
Tonight's moon times for Brisbane (-27.4698°, 153.0251°) — Australia/Brisbane — plus every full moon of 2026.
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- Moonrise arc
- 66°
- 57° ENE to 123° ESE
- Sunrise arc
- 53°
- The sun's whole range, for comparison
- Highest culmination
- 90°
- Straight overhead
- Lowest culmination
- 34°
- Always clears the horizon
Can the moon stay up all day in Brisbane? No. That needs a latitude past 61.4°, and Brisbane is 27.5°S — about 34° short — so the moon rises and sets on essentially every date. What does happen roughly once a month is a date with no moonrise, or no moonset: the moon comes up about 50 minutes later each day, and eventually one of the two slips past midnight.
All 13 of them, in Australia/Brisbane local time. A full moon is one instant worldwide, so the clock time is Brisbane's own.
| Full moon | Moonrise | Moonset | Rides highest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saturday, January 3 8:05 PM | 6:54 PM ENE | 4:07 AM | 36° Jan 4, 12:05 AM |
| Monday, February 2 8:11 AM | 7:04 PM ENE | 5:14 AM | 42° Feb 1, 11:46 PM |
| Tuesday, March 3 9:40 PM | 6:09 PM E | 5:06 AM | 57° Mar 4, 12:04 AM |
| Thursday, April 2 12:14 PM | 5:38 PM E | 5:48 AM | 73° Apr 3, 12:08 AM |
| Saturday, May 2 3:26 AM | 5:17 PM ESE | 6:28 AM | 81° May 1, 11:32 PM |
| Sunday, May 31 6:48 PM · farthest of 2026 | 4:38 PM ESE | 6:15 AM | 90° May 31, 11:53 PM |
| Tuesday, June 30 9:59 AM | 5:07 PM ESE | 6:48 AM | 90° Jun 29, 11:31 PM |
| Thursday, July 30 12:38 AM | 5:51 PM ESE | 6:50 AM | 83° Jul 29, 11:55 PM |
| Friday, August 28 2:20 PM | 5:37 PM E | 5:57 AM | 69° Aug 29, 12:06 AM |
| Sunday, September 27 2:50 AM | 6:21 PM E | 5:29 AM | 59° Sep 26, 11:28 PM |
| Monday, October 26 2:13 PM | 6:13 PM ENE | 4:34 AM | 44° Oct 26, 11:46 PM |
| Wednesday, November 25 12:55 AM | 7:21 PM ENE | 4:41 AM | 37° Nov 24, 11:27 PM |
| Thursday, December 24 11:30 AM · nearest of 2026 | 7:10 PM ENE | 4:24 AM | 35° Dec 23, 11:14 PM |
Reading the table. Moonrise and moonset are for the local date shown, which is what the calculator gives for that date. Rides highest is the altitude at the moon's culmination nearest the full-moon instant, and carries its own date: a full moon culminates within about half a day of the instant, so it lands on the day before roughly as often as the day after. "None" means that date genuinely has no moonrise (or no moonset), which happens about once a month everywhere.
2026's nearest full moon over Brisbane is Thursday, December 24 at 356,740 km, and the farthest is Sunday, May 31 at 406,135 km — a 14% difference in distance, and so about that much difference in apparent width. The nearer one is what gets called a supermoon.
Moon times for Brisbane are computed from the full Meeus lunar theory — the complete 47.A and 47.B periodic tables — at the city's latitude (-27.4698°) and longitude (153.0251°), then converted to local time in the Australia/Brisbane timezone. Rise and set are found by sampling the moon's altitude across the day and bisecting each horizon crossing, because the moon moves about 13° a day and no single position describes it. Against US Naval Observatory tables the result agrees to the displayed minute.
Why moonrise has no fixed time. The moon travels eastward against the stars as it orbits, so the Earth has to turn a little further each day to bring it back to the horizon — about 50 minutes further. That is why a page of moon times for Brisbane cannot be written down the way sunrise times can: the cycle is 29.5 days long and does not fit the calendar. Roughly once a month a date in Brisbane has no moonrise at all, or no moonset, simply because the event slid past midnight. The calculator says so in words rather than leaving a blank.
The 18.6-year cycle. Moonrise in Brisbane is not a fixed direction. Over the moon's 18.6-year cycle the rise point sweeps 66° of horizon, from 57° ENE at its northernmost to 123° ESE at its southernmost. That is 12° wider than the sun ever manages from Brisbane, whose rise point is confined to 53° between the solstices — the moon's orbit is tilted a further 5.1° to the ecliptic, so it overshoots the sun's limits in both directions.
The moon passes directly overhead in Brisbane: its latitude falls inside the band the moon's declination covers, so at some point in the cycle the moon stands at the zenith, while at the other end it climbs no higher than 34°. Everything the moon does over Brisbane happens between those two figures, and neither of them shifts — they follow from the city's latitude and the tilt of the moon's orbit, not from the calendar.
What time does the moon rise in Brisbane tonight?
Tonight's moonrise, moonset and highest point for Brisbane are at the top of this page, computed in your browser for Australia/Brisbane. There is no single answer to keep on file: the moon rises roughly 50 minutes later each day, so tonight's time is about 50 minutes later than last night's and the whole cycle repeats only every 29.5 days — which is why this page's fixed reference is the geometry of Brisbane's horizon rather than a table of times.
When is the next full moon in Brisbane?
All 13 full moons of 2026 are listed above in Brisbane local time, from Saturday, January 3 to Thursday, December 24. The panel at the top of the page shows the next one counting from today. A full moon is a single instant worldwide — the moment the moon is opposite the sun — so it lands at a different clock time in every timezone, and occasionally on a different calendar date.
How high does the moon get in Brisbane?
Brisbane is close enough to the equator that the moon can pass directly overhead: at the top of its 18.6-year cycle it culminates at the zenith, 90° above the horizon. At the other extreme it culminates at about 34°. The moon is never confined to one part of the sky here — over a single month it climbs through most of that range.
Does the moon ever stay up all day in Brisbane?
No. That needs a latitude past 61.4°, and Brisbane is 27.5°S — about 34° short — so the moon rises and sets on essentially every date. What does happen roughly once a month is a date with no moonrise, or no moonset: the moon comes up about 50 minutes later each day, and eventually one of the two slips past midnight.