Orkney, South Africa Moonrise, Moonset, Moon illumination

Moonrise, moonset, moon position, illumination and phases in Orkney (South Africa, North-West, Dr Kenneth Kaunda District Municipality). Current time: Friday, 2026-04-17, 17:40 (GMT+02:00) Africa/Johannesburg . All times are shown in Orkney local time. Minimal illumination of the moon today: 0%, Maximal illumination for this day: 0.46%. Next full moon will be at: 2026-05-01, 19:24; remaining time: 14d 1h 44m 29s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	06:17
Moonset:	17:43

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 368 557 km
229 011 mi
Orkney ↔ Moon, nearest point: 366 702 km
227 858 mi
View angle: 0.54°

Orkney on map:

Orkney

Info

Local timezone:	GMT+02:00
Latitude:	-26.98023°
Longitude:	26.67272°
Country:	South Africa North-West
Population:	145 801

Moon phase, Moon illumination Today

Moon illumination 0-24h (Current: 0.04%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 0 Day, 4 hours, 29 minutes. (≈0.187 Day)

Moon illumination angle = 157°

Orkney, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: 0.6°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 287.4°):

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Moonrise, moonset and phases in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-04-15	2026-04-16	2026-04-17	2026-04-18	2026-04-19
Day:	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Moonrise:	04:10:00	05:12:00	06:17:00	07:26:00	08:37:00
Moonset:	16:31:00	17:06:00	17:43:00	18:25:00	19:15:00

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

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