Francistown, Botswana Moonrise, Moonset, Moon illumination

Moonrise, moonset, moon position, illumination and phases in Francistown (Botswana, North-East). Current time: Wednesday, 2026-08-19, 06:41 (GMT+02:00) Africa/Gaborone . All times are shown in Francistown local time. Minimal illumination of the moon today: 38.51%, Maximal illumination for this day: 48.12%. Next full moon will be at: 2026-08-28, 06:19; remaining time: 8d 23h 38m 45s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	10:39
Moonset:	00:00

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 399 900 km
248 486 mi
Francistown ↔ Moon, nearest point: 402 398 km
250 039 mi
View angle: 0.498°

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: 41.2%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 6 Day, 13 hours, 11 minutes. (≈6.549 Day)

Moon illumination angle = 148°

Francistown, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: -42°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 150.4°):

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Moonrise, moonset and phases in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-08-17	2026-08-18	2026-08-19	2026-08-20	2026-08-21
Day:	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Moonrise:	09:25:00	10:00:00	10:39:00	11:21:00	12:07:00
Moonset:	22:31:00	23:26:00	00:00:00	00:20:00	01:15:00

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

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