Machakos, Kenya Moonrise, Moonset, Moon illumination

Moonrise, moonset, moon position, illumination and phases in Machakos (Kenya). Current time: Tuesday, 2026-09-22, 09:16 (GMT+03:00) Africa/Nairobi . All times are shown in Machakos local time. Minimal illumination of the moon today: 77.17%, Maximal illumination for this day: 84.84%. Next full moon will be at: 2026-09-26, 19:50; remaining time: 4d 10h 33m 43s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	15:14
Moonset:	02:54

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 400 926 km
249 124 mi
Machakos ↔ Moon, nearest point: 405 086 km
251 709 mi
View angle: 0.497°

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: 80.3%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 10 Day, 10 hours, 29 minutes. (≈10.437 Day)

Moon illumination angle = 121°

Machakos, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: -67.9°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 171.9°):

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Moonrise, moonset and phases in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-09-20	2026-09-21	2026-09-22	2026-09-23	2026-09-24
Day:	Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday
Moonrise:	13:37:00	14:26:00	15:14:00	16:00:00	16:45:00
Moonset:	01:17:00	02:06:00	02:54:00	03:40:00	04:24:00

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

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