Arafat, Mauritania Moonrise, Moonset, Moon illumination

Moonrise, moonset, moon position, illumination and phases in Arafat (Mauritania, Nouakchott Sud). Current time: Saturday, 2026-08-29, 14:14 (GMT+00:00) Africa/Nouakchott . All times are shown in Arafat local time. Minimal illumination of the moon today: 96.36%, Maximal illumination for this day: 99.27%. Next full moon will be at: 2026-09-26, 16:50; remaining time: 28d 2h 35m 43s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	20:14
Moonset:	07:49

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 385 047 km
239 257 mi
Arafat ↔ Moon, nearest point: 389 384 km
241 952 mi
View angle: 0.517°

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: 97.8%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 16 Day, 3 hours, 51 minutes. (≈16.161 Day)

Moon illumination angle = 122°

Arafat, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: -72.6°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 11.6°):

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Moonrise, moonset and phases in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-08-27	2026-08-28	2026-08-29	2026-08-30	2026-08-31
Day:	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday	Monday
Moonrise:	19:04:00	19:40:00	20:14:00	20:50:00	21:29:00
Moonset:	06:05:00	06:57:00	07:49:00	08:42:00	09:37:00

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

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