Arafat, Mauritania Moonrise, Moonset, Moon illumination

Moonrise, moonset, moon position, illumination and phases in Arafat (Mauritania, Nouakchott Sud). Current time: Saturday, 2026-04-18, 06:05 (GMT+00:00) Africa/Nouakchott . All times are shown in Arafat local time. Minimal illumination of the moon today: 0.38%, Maximal illumination for this day: 3.32%. Next full moon will be at: 2026-05-01, 17:24; remaining time: 13d 11h 18m 46s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	07:15
Moonset:	20:41

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 366 713 km
227 865 mi
Arafat ↔ Moon, nearest point: 366 499 km
227 732 mi
View angle: 0.543°

Arafat on map:

Arafat

Info

Local timezone:	GMT+00:00
Latitude:	18.04639°
Longitude:	-15.97194°
Country:	Mauritania Nouakchott Sud
Population:	0

Moon phase, Moon illumination Today

Moon illumination 0-24h (Current: 0.86%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 0 Day, 20 hours, 54 minutes. (≈0.871 Day)

Moon illumination angle = 23°

Arafat, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: -14.3°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 64.7°):

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Moonrise, moonset and phases in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-04-16	2026-04-17	2026-04-18	2026-04-19	2026-04-20
Day:	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday	Monday
Moonrise:	05:49:00	06:30:00	07:15:00	08:06:00	09:04:00
Moonset:	18:34:00	19:36:00	20:41:00	21:49:00	22:57:00

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

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