Buka, Papua New Guinea Moonrise, Moonset, Moon illumination

Moonrise, moonset, moon position, illumination and phases in Buka (Papua New Guinea, Bougainville). Current time: Friday, 2026-10-23, 17:52 (GMT+11:00) Pacific/Bougainville . All times are shown in Buka local time. Minimal illumination of the moon today: 84.65%, Maximal illumination for this day: 91.47%. Next full moon will be at: 2026-10-26, 15:13; remaining time: 2d 21h 20m 42s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	16:01
Moonset:	03:40

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 387 105 km
240 536 mi
Buka ↔ Moon, nearest point: 382 449 km
237 643 mi
View angle: 0.514°

Buka on map:

Buka

Info

Local timezone:	GMT+11:00
Latitude:	-5.43261°
Longitude:	154.67098°
Country:	Papua New Guinea Bougainville
Population:	0

Moon phase, Moon illumination Today

Moon illumination 0-24h (Current: 89.9%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 11 Day, 17 hours, 18 minutes. (≈11.721 Day)

Moon illumination angle = -6°

Buka, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: 26.8°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 87.8°):

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Moonrise, moonset and phases in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-10-21	2026-10-22	2026-10-23	2026-10-24	2026-10-25
Day:	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Moonrise:	14:28:00	15:15:00	16:01:00	16:49:00	17:39:00
Moonset:	02:17:00	02:59:00	03:40:00	04:22:00	05:06:00

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

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