Buka, Papua New Guinea Moonrise, Moonset, Moon illumination

Moonrise, moonset, moon position, illumination and phases in Buka (Papua New Guinea, Bougainville). Current time: Sunday, 2026-08-30, 05:33 (GMT+11:00) Pacific/Bougainville . All times are shown in Buka local time. Minimal illumination of the moon today: 93.87%, Maximal illumination for this day: 97.97%. Next full moon will be at: 2026-09-27, 03:50; remaining time: 27d 22h 16m 34s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	20:18
Moonset:	07:53

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 384 186 km
238 722 mi
Buka ↔ Moon, nearest point: 378 951 km
235 469 mi
View angle: 0.518°

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: 97.2%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 16 Day, 8 hours, 11 minutes. (≈16.341 Day)

Moon illumination angle = -17°

Buka, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: 32.9°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 273.7°):

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Moonrise, moonset and phases in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-08-28	2026-08-29	2026-08-30	2026-08-31	2026-09-01
Day:	Friday	Saturday	Sunday	Monday	Tuesday
Moonrise:	18:45:00	19:32:00	20:18:00	21:06:00	21:57:00
Moonset:	06:30:00	07:12:00	07:53:00	08:35:00	09:19:00

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

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