Buka, Papua New Guinea Moonrise, Moonset, Moon illumination

Moonrise, moonset, moon position, illumination and phases in Buka (Papua New Guinea, Bougainville). Current time: Saturday, 2026-04-18, 05:16 (GMT+11:00) Pacific/Bougainville . All times are shown in Buka local time. Minimal illumination of the moon today: 0%, Maximal illumination for this day: 1.62%. Next full moon will be at: 2026-05-02, 04:24; remaining time: 13d 23h 8m 7s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	07:00
Moonset:	19:12

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 368 198 km
228 788 mi
Buka ↔ Moon, nearest point: 368 954 km
229 257 mi
View angle: 0.541°

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: 0.11%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 0 Day, 7 hours, 27 minutes. (≈0.31 Day)

Moon illumination angle = 19°

Buka, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: -23.5°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 75.1°):

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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:	05:13:00	06:04:00	07:00:00	07:59:00	09:02:00
Moonset:	17:32:00	18:20:00	19:12:00	20:09:00	21:10:00

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

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