Francistown, Botswana Moonrise, Moonset, Moon illumination

Moonrise, moonset, moon position, illumination and phases in Francistown (Botswana, North-East). Current time: Wednesday, 2026-04-15, 11:55 (GMT+02:00) Africa/Gaborone . All times are shown in Francistown local time. Minimal illumination of the moon today: 3.4%, Maximal illumination for this day: 8.7%. Next full moon will be at: 2026-05-01, 19:24; remaining time: 16d 7h 29m 37s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	04:07
Moonset:	16:29

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 377 890 km
234 810 mi
Francistown ↔ Moon, nearest point: 370 691 km
230 337 mi
View angle: 0.527°

Francistown on map:

Francistown

Info

Local timezone:	GMT+02:00
Latitude:	-21.16995°
Longitude:	27.50787°
Country:	Botswana North-East
Population:	89 979

Moon phase, Moon illumination Today

Moon illumination 0-24h (Current: 5.8%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 27 Day, 5 hours, 51 minutes. (≈27.244 Day)

Moon illumination angle = 1°

Francistown, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: 58.8°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 313.2°):

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Moonrise, moonset and phases in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-04-13	2026-04-14	2026-04-15	2026-04-16	2026-04-17
Day:	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Moonrise:	02:15:00	03:11:00	04:07:00	05:06:00	06:07:00
Moonset:	15:18:00	15:54:00	16:29:00	17:07:00	17:48:00

Francistown moonrise, moonset and phase informations for whole month (or Year 2026):

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