Francistown, Botswana Moonrise, Moonset, Moon illumination

Moonrise, moonset, moon position, illumination and phases in Francistown (Botswana, North-East). Current time: Wednesday, 2026-10-07, 09:12 (GMT+02:00) Africa/Gaborone . All times are shown in Francistown local time. Minimal illumination of the moon today: 8.46%, Maximal illumination for this day: 15.63%. Next full moon will be at: 2026-10-26, 06:13; remaining time: 18d 21h 0m 40s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	03:32
Moonset:	15:21

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 373 239 km
231 920 mi
Francistown ↔ Moon, nearest point: 366 063 km
227 461 mi
View angle: 0.534°

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: 12.7%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 26 Day, 2 hours, 42 minutes. (≈26.113 Day)

Moon illumination angle = -15°

Francistown, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: 58.3°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 7.9°):

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Moonrise, moonset and phases in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-10-05	2026-10-06	2026-10-07	2026-10-08	2026-10-09
Day:	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Moonrise:	02:06:00	02:51:00	03:32:00	04:08:00	04:43:00
Moonset:	13:20:00	14:22:00	15:21:00	16:17:00	17:13:00

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

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