Kainantu, Papua New Guinea Moonrise, Moonset, Moon illumination

Moonrise, moonset, moon position, illumination and phases in Kainantu (Papua New Guinea, Eastern Highlands). Current time: Sunday, 2026-08-30, 00:14 (GMT+10:00) Pacific/Port_Moresby . All times are shown in Kainantu local time. Minimal illumination of the moon today: 93.65%, Maximal illumination for this day: 97.84%. Next full moon will be at: 2026-09-27, 02:50; remaining time: 28d 2h 35m 43s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	19:55
Moonset:	07:29

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 385 047 km
239 257 mi
Kainantu ↔ Moon, nearest point: 377 170 km
234 362 mi
View angle: 0.517°

Kainantu on map:

Kainantu

Info

Local timezone:	GMT+10:00
Latitude:	-6.28872°
Longitude:	145.86548°
Country:	Papua New Guinea Eastern Highlands
Population:	8 509

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 = -104°

Kainantu, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: 74.4°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 70.7°):

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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:	18:21:00	19:08:00	19:55:00	20:43:00	21:35:00
Moonset:	06:07:00	06:48:00	07:29:00	08:10:00	08:55:00

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

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