Upington, South Africa Moonrise, Moonset, Moon illumination

Moonrise, moonset, moon position, illumination and phases in Upington (South Africa, Northern Cape, Siyanda District Municipality). Current time: Sunday, 2026-08-16, 15:33 (GMT+02:00) Africa/Johannesburg . All times are shown in Upington local time. Minimal illumination of the moon today: 12.51%, Maximal illumination for this day: 20.31%. Next full moon will be at: 2026-08-28, 06:19; remaining time: 11d 14h 46m 25s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	09:11
Moonset:	22:10

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 389 150 km
241 807 mi
Upington ↔ Moon, nearest point: 381 446 km
237 020 mi
View angle: 0.512°

Upington on map:

Upington

Info

Local timezone:	GMT+02:00
Latitude:	-28.44776°
Longitude:	21.25612°
Country:	South Africa Northern Cape
Population:	71 373

Moon phase, Moon illumination Today

Moon illumination 0-24h (Current: 17.4%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 4 Day, 1 hours, 9 minutes. (≈4.048 Day)

Moon illumination angle = -129°

Upington, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: 69.3°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 3.8°):

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Moonrise, moonset and phases in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-08-14	2026-08-15	2026-08-16	2026-08-17	2026-08-18
Day:	Friday	Saturday	Sunday	Monday	Tuesday
Moonrise:	08:09:00	08:40:00	09:11:00	09:42:00	10:14:00
Moonset:	20:11:00	21:11:00	22:10:00	23:08:00	00:00:00

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

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