Nouakchott, Mauritania Moonrise, Moonset, Moon illumination

Moonrise, moonset, moon position, illumination and phases in Nouakchott (Mauritania). Current time: Tuesday, 2026-09-22, 08:40 (GMT+00:00) Africa/Nouakchott . All times are shown in Nouakchott local time. Minimal illumination of the moon today: 78.18%, Maximal illumination for this day: 85.72%. Next full moon will be at: 2026-09-26, 16:50; remaining time: 4d 8h 9m 57s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	16:22
Moonset:	03:02

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 400 632 km
248 941 mi
Nouakchott ↔ Moon, nearest point: 405 061 km
251 693 mi
View angle: 0.497°

Nouakchott on map:

Nouakchott

Info

Local timezone:	GMT+00:00
Latitude:	18.08581°
Longitude:	-15.9785°
Country:	Mauritania
Population:	661 400

Moon phase, Moon illumination Today

Moon illumination 0-24h (Current: 81%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 10 Day, 12 hours, 42 minutes. (≈10.529 Day)

Moon illumination angle = 139°

Nouakchott, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: -75.5°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 260.3°):

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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:	14:58:00	15:42:00	16:22:00	17:01:00	17:37:00
Moonset:	01:14:00	02:08:00	03:02:00	03:55:00	04:47:00

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

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