Fort Portal, Uganda Moonrise, Moonset, Moon illumination

Moonrise, moonset, moon position, illumination and phases in Fort Portal (Uganda, Western Region, Kabarole District). Current time: Tuesday, 2026-08-18, 06:04 (GMT+03:00) Africa/Kampala . All times are shown in Fort Portal local time. Minimal illumination of the moon today: 28.74%, Maximal illumination for this day: 38.11%. Next full moon will be at: 2026-08-28, 07:19; remaining time: 10d 1h 15m 43s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	11:20
Moonset:	23:40

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 396 050 km
246 094 mi
Fort Portal ↔ Moon, nearest point: 400 269 km
248 716 mi
View angle: 0.503°

Fort Portal on map:

Fort Portal

Info

Local timezone:	GMT+03:00
Latitude:	0.66174°
Longitude:	30.2748°
Country:	Uganda Western Region
Population:	42 670

Moon phase, Moon illumination Today

Moon illumination 0-24h (Current: 31.1%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 5 Day, 13 hours, 23 minutes. (≈5.557 Day)

Moon illumination angle = 128°

Fort Portal, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: -69.4°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 140.3°):

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Moonrise, moonset and phases in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-08-16	2026-08-17	2026-08-18	2026-08-19	2026-08-20
Day:	Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday
Moonrise:	09:49:00	10:34:00	11:20:00	12:06:00	12:55:00
Moonset:	22:09:00	22:54:00	23:40:00	00:00:00	00:26:00

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

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