Machakos, Kenya Moonrise, Moonset, Moon illumination

Moonrise, moonset, moon position, illumination and phases in Machakos (Kenya). Current time: Tuesday, 2026-08-04, 17:35 (GMT+03:00) Africa/Nairobi . All times are shown in Machakos local time. Minimal illumination of the moon today: 63.41%, Maximal illumination for this day: 73.48%. Next full moon will be at: 2026-08-28, 07:19; remaining time: 23d 13h 44m 25s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	23:11
Moonset:	10:43

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 373 623 km
232 158 mi
Machakos ↔ Moon, nearest point: 378 052 km
234 910 mi
View angle: 0.533°

Machakos on map:

Machakos

Info

Local timezone:	GMT+03:00
Latitude:	-1.51667°
Longitude:	37.26667°
Country:	Kenya
Population:	31 971

Moon phase, Moon illumination Today

Moon illumination 0-24h (Current: 66.2%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 20 Day, 14 hours, 20 minutes. (≈20.597 Day)

Moon illumination angle = 129°

Machakos, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: -75.6°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 35.4°):

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Moonrise, moonset and phases in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-08-02	2026-08-03	2026-08-04	2026-08-05	2026-08-06
Day:	Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday
Moonrise:	21:38:00	22:23:00	23:11:00	00:00:00	00:02:00
Moonset:	09:15:00	09:58:00	10:43:00	11:31:00	12:23:00

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

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